‘It’s a great vindication, it feels good!’ Donald Trump hails John Durham report slamming FBI for pursuing baseless Russian collusion theory and blames sore-loser Hillary for scandal
Donald Trump has responded to Justice Department special counsel John Durham’s report on the origins of the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe, saying the findings vindicate his claims of baseless persecution.
‘It’s a great vindication and it feels good, and the report has been widely praised,’ Trump told Newsmax in a phone interview on Tuesday night.
Durham’s 306-page report on Monday is refocusing negative attention on one of the most politically significant investigations in FBI history: the probe into whether Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was conspiring with Russia to tip the outcome of the election.
The findings aren’t flattering for the FBI, with Durham asserting that the agency rushed into the investigation without an adequate basis and routinely ignored or rationalized evidence that undercut its premise.
The report catalogs a series of errors – though many had already been documented years ago by a separate Justice Department inspector general report. The FBI says it’s taken several dozen corrective steps on its own.
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Donald Trump has responded to Justice Department special counsel John Durham’s report on the origins of the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe, saying the findings vindicate his claims
