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The Counsel

Note From Elie: The Failure of John Durham’s Investigation

The Counsel

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics

4.7861 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie's Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:50.4

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1:10.2

That sound, you heard, that muffled thud off in the distance of southern New England,

1:16.3

that was the sound of the much-bally-hooed John Durham investigation as it reached its pathetic

1:22.5

anti-climax. That was the sound of a dud. Durham has been at it for nearly two and a half years now,

1:31.0

longer than Robert Mueller's entire investigation, in fact, and now he's got a hill of beans

1:35.9

to show for it. Way back in May 2019, as it became apparent that former President Donald Trump

1:41.7

would escape Mueller's investigation, essentially unscathed.

1:45.1

Trump began to bray about the urgent public imperative for personal retribution,

1:50.1

or, as he snappily put it, to investigate the investigators.

1:55.0

Ever the obedient lap dog, Attorney General Bill Barr jumped right to attention and assigned

2:00.2

Trump-dominated Connecticut

2:01.7

U.S. attorney Durham, a veteran DOJ prosecutor, to do just that. Of course, by this point,

2:08.4

various other investigations, including one by the Republican-controlled Senate Intelligence Committee,

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