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Deadline: White House

“Stunning ethical lapses and internal chaos”

Deadline: White House

MSNBC

News, Donald Trump, Daily News, The White House, Nicolle Wallace, Politics, Nbc News, Washington Dc, Msnbc, Government

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2023

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Nicolle Wallace discusses the release of the Durham report which failed to recommend any criminal charges in their long awaited ‘investigation of the investigators,’ a horrific attack on Rep. Gerry Connolly’s staffers, the disturbing rise in domestic violent extremism as white supremacists march on the Capitol, Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez’s re-release of their film, “The Way,” and more. Joined by: Betsy Woodruff Swan, Katie Benner, Frank Figliuzzi, Andrew Weissmann, Sahil Kapur, Cornell Belcher, Mary McCord, Donell Harvin, Charlie Sykes, Martin Sheen, and Emilio Estevez.

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0:00.0

Hi there, everyone. It's Floor Clark in New York. For years now, the Durham probe has loom

0:12.4

large on the right, part delusional fantasy, part hobby horse for the right, a fulfillment

0:18.6

of the disgrace twice impeached once indicted ex-president and his loyal attorney general's

0:24.6

pledge to quote investigate the investigators. It was really a flashing red warning sign,

0:29.7

though, of the politicization of the Trump air justice department. Now, after an investigation

0:35.1

that lasted four years, twice as long as the Russia probe, it was initially set up to

0:40.3

investigate. Special counsel John Durham has just released a final report. It's more

0:45.8

than 400 pages long. Our team of experts and reporters are still coming through it.

0:50.8

The probes, many failures and contradictions and chaos that surrounded it have been reported

0:57.5

on extensively. They are out there for everyone to see, including high-level resignations.

1:03.4

Now John Durham is not today bringing any new charges. He's lost both of the cases that

1:08.0

he decided to bring to trial. That's why some of the people, at the highest levels of

1:12.0

that probe, left. The probe's stunning clashes and ethical lapses and internal chaos have

1:19.6

been documented and detailed in an extraordinary body of reporting in the New York Times earlier

1:24.8

this year. It reads, in part, quote, Durham spent the first months looking for any evidence

1:30.9

that the origin of the Russian investigation involved an intelligence op targeting the

1:35.4

Trump campaign. Durham's team spent long hours combing the CIA's files. But found no

1:42.0

way to support the allegation. Barring Durham traveled abroad together to press British

1:47.4

and Italian officials to reveal everything their agencies had gleaned about the Trump

1:52.5

campaign and relate to the US. But both allied governments denied they had done any such

1:58.6

thing. The Times also reported that the probe actually uncovered evidence of potential

2:04.0

criminal wrongdoing by none other than Donald J. Trump. Once again, from the Times, quote,

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