Special counsel concludes FBI never should have launched Trump-Russia probe

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 15 May 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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After three years, Special Counsel John Durham finally released his report into whether the FBI had a legitimate reason to investigate Trump in 2016. Durham’s report concluded the FBI should never have launched a full investigation into connections between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia. The report also states the FBI used different standards when weighing concerns about alleged election interference regarding Hillary Clinton. Also, a congressional staffer and intern were both attacked by a man with a metal baseball bat. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Did Trump's hopes for the Durham investigation come true?
0:07.9	Well, the report just dropped and the lead starts right now.
0:13.4	Investigating the investigation after three years, millions of dollars special counsel
0:17.4	John Durham finally releases his report into whether the FBI had a legitimate reason
0:23.0	to investigate Trump in 2016.
0:25.5	So what did he conclude?
0:27.7	Plus, a congressman's staffer and a congressman's intern on her first date, both attacked
0:33.2	today by a man with a metal baseball bat, details were just getting in from police.
0:38.2	And the Florida Culture Wars continue.
0:40.6	This time, a fifth grade teacher says she's being investigated for showing her class
0:43.5	up.
0:44.5	2022 animated Disney movie rated PG, the alleged defense is this character Ethan, an animated
0:51.8	gay team character.
0:58.2	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper and we start today with breaking news.
1:01.0	The year's long investigation is over and John Durham, the special counsel investigating
1:06.1	whether there was any misconduct by the FBI in the Trump-Rush investigation, just released
1:12.5	his findings.
1:13.5	For years, as you may recall, Donald Trump and his supporters pinned their hopes on the
1:16.9	investigation by the former US Attorney for Connecticut.
1:20.6	John Durham, later named special counsel by Attorney General Bill Barr, Trump and his
1:23.8	allies arguing that Durham would exonerate him and his 2016 campaign and associates.
1:29.1	From any hint of improper behavior regarding the Russian government's attempts to interfere
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