Report: AG Barr Expands Probe into Russia Investigation Origin,‘Something Significant’ Found

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To quote Leonard Bernstein, “Something’s coming”

Report: AG Barr Expands Probe into Russia Investigation Origin…

By Breitbart, October 21, 2019:

U.S. Attorney General William Barr has significantly expanded a review into the origins of the Russian collusion hoax investigation, NBC News reported Monday.

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The news outlet acknowledged the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) would not say whether the investigation has morphed into a criminal probe.

NBC News, however, reported “Justice Department officials have said [U.S. Attorney John] Durham has found something significant and critics should be careful.”

The news outlet did not elaborate on the findings.

Referring to the expansion of the review into the origins of the Russian probe, NBC News reported, citing multiple current and former officials:

The prosecutor conducting the review, Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham, has expressed his intent to interview a number of current and former intelligence officials involved in examining Russia’s effort to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, including former CIA Director John Brennan and former director of national intelligence James Clapper, Brennan told NBC News.

Durham has also requested to talk to CIA analysts involved in the intelligence assessment of Russia’s activities, prompting some of them to hire lawyers, according to three former CIA officials familiar with the matter. And there is tension between the CIA and the Justice Department over what classified documents Durham can examine, two people familiar with the matter said.

With Barr’s approval, Durham has expanded his staff and the timeframe under scrutiny, according to a law enforcement official directly familiar with the matter. And he is now looking into conduct past Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, a Trump administration official said.

An unnamed DOJ spokeswoman reportedly said Ukraine is on a list of countries the department is examining for contributing to the Russian probe.

The spokesperson, however, refused to say whether Durham is investigating “corruption related to the DNC server” as described by White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Thursday.

During the July 25 call that triggered the ongoing impeachment probe, Trump urged Ukraine to look into claims the Democratic National Committee (DNC) computer server allegedly hacked by Russian intelligence officers is actually in Ukraine. Under that potential scenario, Ukraine, not Russia, hacked the DNC in 2016.

During his October 3 deposition, former U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker told impeachment investigators it is “plausible” that “some individual Ukrainians may have attempted to influence the 2016 election or thought they could buy influence.”

On Thursday, Mulvaney described the Durham review as “an ongoing investigation by our Department of Justice into the 2016 election.”

Under former President Barack Obama, the FBI began its probe into alleged Russian election interference on behalf of the sitting commander-in-chief back in July 2016, before Donald Trump’s inauguration. The U.S. government appointed Robert Mueller as special counsel in May 2017.

Mueller concluded that the Trump campaign did not coordinate with the Kremlin’s election interference effort, sounding the death knell for the Russian collusion hoax.

Barr has charged Durham with finding out how the Russian investigation began.

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Thomas Faddis
Thomas Faddis
4 years ago

Sure hope this goes somewhere!

Randall Anderson
Randall Anderson
4 years ago

Sondheim wrote the words, but we get it. There is NO JUSTICE as long as the Traitors are not brought to JUSTICE…TREASON is punishable by DEATH. Couldn’t happen soon enough..

Mark Steiner
Mark Steiner
4 years ago

Indeed Randall. Question is – how long is enough?

Suresh
Suresh
4 years ago

Trump fights for what is Right. Dems do it for what is immoral/wrong/evil

while Left/liberal pro-jihadi run EU is turning into islamic hellhole with more jihadi attacks Trump is shutting down jihadi funding that has been running for decades now
http://offtrade.net/cnmnews/trump-stops-funding-palestinian-terrorists/

Left/Liberal Loons say that makes him “racist” , “islamophobe” . Guess what ? Trump gives a damn .
LOL !

CharlieSeattle
CharlieSeattle
4 years ago

…and yet, after 2-3/4 years, no one is arrested.

Phil McDonald
Phil McDonald
4 years ago

Barr needs to hold the information close. Progressives Liberals are neither progressive nor liberal, they are narcissistic controlling liars. They will discredit the facts and slander the message bearer, if those facts differ from their very narrow world view.

Ralph L. Montgomery
Ralph L. Montgomery
4 years ago
Reply to  Phil McDonald

You’re exactly right.

CharlieSeattle
CharlieSeattle
4 years ago
Reply to  Phil McDonald

Inside every Democrat is a Leftist screaming to get out.
Inside every Leftist is a Progressive screaming to get out.
Inside every Progressive is a Socialist screaming to get out.
Inside every Socialist is a Communist screaming to get out.

patd
patd
4 years ago

So now they’ll find that it was the POS anti-American muslim and his opaque criminal administration colluded so what criminal charges will come forward???? Oh yes….NONE!

Frederick Gibson
Frederick Gibson
4 years ago

The M.O. of the Left is to accuse then punish, skillfully omitting the
most precious aspect of American Jurisprudence, Due Process.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
4 years ago

The impeachment charade is an elaborate device to distract from the things Barr and Durham are about to discover. How else to explain the secret hearings with secret “whistleblowers” with secret testimony?

To go to such extremes is merely the presence of smoke indicating an underlying fire.

Laddyboy
Laddyboy
4 years ago

OOOO! OOOO! The “ex-director ‘cia’ MUSLEM ‘j.brennan’ is going to be asked questions along with the KNOWN LIAR ‘j.crapper err j.clapper’? Does Any SANE American with COMMON SENSE believe any wind spewing from these two bought and paid for PROPAGANDISTS will be anything near the TRUTH????????

CharlieSeattle
CharlieSeattle
4 years ago
Reply to  Laddyboy

Has that happened? …To ANYONE on the left?

CharlieSeattle
CharlieSeattle
4 years ago
Reply to  Laddyboy

0rc’s were Elve’s once, twisted and mut!lated by the Dark Lord S0ROS.

James Clapper and John Brennan are his finest creations!

Commissioner Gordon
Commissioner Gordon
4 years ago

All a BS smokescreen to keep us off balance. Durham is from CT, about as far left as NYC. Nothing will be discovered and there will be no repercussions for any politician, especially any radical Demoncrats.

Mike Kevins
Mike Kevins
4 years ago

We are still being strung along.

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