The Durham report suggested the FBI acted on unconfirmed intelligence to too quickly open a full investigation into allegations the 2016 Trump campaign colluded with Russia. The report didn’t conclude that the FBI shouldn’t have investigated at all.
The final report by special prosecutor John Durham, photographed May 15, 2023. Durham ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
Durham’s report suggested that the FBI acted on unanalyzed, unconfirmed intelligence reports to move too quickly to open a full investigation — rather than a preliminary one — into the collusion allegations. Durham didn’t conclude that the FBI shouldn’t have investigated the allegations at all. The report didn’t clear Trump and his campaign of wrongdoing because that wasn’t its purpose. Durham was investigating the FBI’s and Justice Department’s conduct, not Trump’s. from many conservatives — including former President Donald Trump — that the investigation into Trump’s 2016 campaign was overblown and lacked strong evidence.
Durham didn’t conclude that the FBI shouldn’t have investigated the allegations at all. But his report fell short of bringing a flurry of criminal convictions, which had been predicted to follow the probe of what
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