Danchenko, a Russian analyst who contributed to a dossier of Democratic-funded research into ties between Russia and Donald Trump, was arrested Thursday on charges of lying to the FBI about his sources of information, among them an associate of Hillary Clinton. The FBI and congressional investigators both examined the pings between the computer systems and determined they were innocuous. Rather, it meant that there was a well-established shared concern that no appearance of or actual political interference was to take place. Throughout Durhams career, he has worked in both state and federal government. His grand jury wrapped up work last week, apparently with no new indictments on the horizon. The firm's political law group represented Clinton's presidential campaign and has long provided counsel to the Democratic National Committee. The prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden's taxes will also remain. September 16, 2021 at 7:45 p.m. EDT. [7] In December 2020, Barr revealed to Congress that he had secretly appointed Durham to lead the Durham special counsel investigation on October 19. Michael Sussmann, who worked through his law firm as an attorney for the Hillary Clinton campaign, is accused of a single felony count in a grand jury indictment. Clinesmiths alterations, Durham charged, obscured Pages prior relationship with the CIA. For now, we have to hope that Durhams final report will answer that question. It is notable, however, that Durham was only commissioned to look at investigations that had gone beyond the officially sanctioned guidelines. Holder told Durham that interrogators acting in good faith based on Bush Justice Department Torture Memos were not to be prosecuted. Andrew C. McCarthy is a former federal prosecutor. In November, Durham alleged in an indictment that Igor Danchenko, an analyst who was a key source for a 2016 dossier of allegations about Trump, had lied to the FBI about where and how he got information. Wondering Where The Durham Report Is? - welovetrump.com The FBI used those reports to justify obtaining secret surveillance orders targeting former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page to advance the agencys probe of possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia. Last year, Barr converted Durhams probe into a special counsel investigation under Justice Department regulations. [12], On November 1, 2017, he was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as U.S. Attorney for Connecticut. JOHN IRWIN OBITUARY. He blew the whistle on Trumps Truth Social. Attorneys President Joe Biden asked to resign in February 2021. John Durham, the special counsel investigating the origins of the Russia inquiry, has obtained documents from the Brookings Institution in Washington about a former employee. His wife is Susan (no maiden name revealed), and public information shows that he has four sons as well as eight grandchildren with his wife. The Patriarca family, who chiefly made up the New England Mafia, had territory in Eastern Connecticut, where Durham was prosecutor. After in one year in this position, Durham would then move to the Assistant States Attorney position in the New Haven, Connecticut office of the Connecticut States Attorney. and last updated 2021-09-27 20:28:55-04. 11/04/2021 11:08 AM EDT. This story has been shared 139,238 times. The Debrief with Hugo Gurdon: Why nobody wants a rematch of Trump and Biden in 2024.