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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Durham Report, the FBI and Donald Trump

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Special Counsel John Durham finishes his 306-page report on the FBI's 2016 investigation into Donald Trump and Russia. The document sheds more light on the flimsiness of the "Steele dossier," while arguing that the bureau opened the Trump inquiry without any real evidence. In response, some Republicans are saying it's past time to clean house at the FBI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

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Special Counsel John Durham drops his report on the FBI's 2016 investigation into

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them candidate Donald Trump.

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What have we learned from it and wants to stop the FBI for making the same mistakes again?

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Welcome and Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

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We are joined today by my colleagues, columnist Kim Strassel, and editorial board member

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Kate Bacheldere-Odel.

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On Friday, Special Counsel John Durham submitted his report to the Attorney General, Merrick

0:51.4

Garland, has now been released in full 316 pages in all a little bit of bedtime reading

0:58.4

for America this week.

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I at least am still digesting this report, but it seems to me Kim like a very clear narrative

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with a lot of useful information.

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The Special Counsel's office says it conducted 480 interviews.

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It received 6 million pages of documents, served 190 subpoenas, and executed seven search

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words.

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And here is just a piece of the takeaway, based on the review of Crossfire Hurricane and

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related intelligence activities.

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We conclude that the Department and the FBI failed to uphold their important mission of strict

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fidelity to the law.

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