Democrats to 'take a hard look' at Durham's probe into Russia investigation | Fox News
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Via: jbb • 10 months ago • 18 commentsBy: Brianna Herlihy (Fox News)


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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, R-Ill., announced that the committee led by Democrats will "take a hard look" into "alleged misconduct" by Special Counsel John Durham as he conducts an investigation into the origins into the handling of the Trump-Russia investigation by law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
In a statement Monday, Durbin referenced a New York Times report that included details about the opening of and actions taken during the investigation led by Durham after he was appointed by former Attorney General Bill Barr, which Durbin framed as "abuses of power."
"These reports about abuses in Special Counsel Durham's investigation—so outrageous that even his longtime colleagues quit in protest—are but one of many instances where former President Trump and his allies weaponized the Justice Department," said Durbin.
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"The Justice Department should work on behalf of the American people, not for the personal benefit of any president, he said.
The New York Times report from last week claimed that there were "strained justifications" for the opening of the probe, which then became "roiled by internal dissent and ethical disputes."
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"As we wait for the results of ongoing internal reviews, the Senate Judiciary Committee will do its part and take a hard look at these repeated episodes, and the regulations and policies that enabled them, to ensure such abuses of power cannot happen again."
It remains unclear if the "hard look" mentioned by Durbin entails hearings or other committee actions.
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Fox News Digital's Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
Brianna Herlihy is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
More bad news for Trump, Barr and Durham!
What alleged misconduct are we talking about this time around? The article, as usual, wasn't specific or say much
The article says that Trump's weaponized the Justice Department with Barr and Durham...
Someone's opinion.
Just because someone says something doesn't make it true.
Look at #2.1 as a great example of someone saying something and it STILL not being true.
Yet more left wing whining because their whole Russia, Russia Russia thingy blew up.
Only if you define Trump getting impeached for it as blowing up!
Always amazing that such a Trump-hater can not get even the most BASIC of facts straight.
Since you insist on such shenanigans, please DO link one credible piece of evidence to support your rather bizarre and clearly mistaken claim.
Say, here's a thought---go READ the articles of impeachment and then tell me how Russia is involved!
Democrats didn't impeach Trump for Russian collusion or even obstruction of the BS Mueller investigation! WTF!
This is recent damn history!
TDS shouldn't have rotted leftist brains that much!
TDS appears to be blinding to those suffering from it.
Might explain in part why they can't even get the damn basic facts right.
They can't get their basic facts right because that's not what the mothership told them. God forbid they actually do the research and google "Trump Articles of Impeachment" and read them.
It just gets old hearing wild stuff and the authors think we should believe then solely because they typed something.
The basics shouldn't be up for debate amongst reasonable people.
Sadly it shouldn't be just Democrats, every elected person should want the truth. But Republicans are always angry because they never wanted to "drain the swamp" they are always angry because they get caught. Really a travesty the way right wing voters turned on Liz Cheney of all people who voted with Trump nearly 100% percent of the time just because she fought for the truth regardless of party.
Really?
Democrats want to drain the swamp with Pelosi, Schiff, Swalwell, and the Squad in their midst? Democrats are just a big a part of the swamp as Republicans. Pelosi blocked a bipartisan bill from coming to the floor that would outlaw insider trading for Congress. Why would she do that?
Leftist are in denial thinking Democrats don't get caught.
Liz takes after her father. She wanted power; Trump was blocking her path to that power. She wanted Trump gone. Democrats and leftists defending the daughter of their hated nemesis Darth Cheney. She burned her own damn bridges with the party. Don't worry she will soon be a Lincoln project attacking Republicans she once supposedly supported. Liz and the Jan 6th committee weren't concerned about the truth. They wanted to get Trump at all costs and derailed the committee's primary purpose- which was to examine the security failures on Jan 6th- and make sure they never happen again.
Leftists supporting someone they demonize on a regular basis just because she developed terminal TDS. Laughable in the extreme.
Dick Durbin is a Democrat. Seeing that this was a typo from Fox News isn't surprising.
Oh, gee, a typo is a calamity!!!!!
Alert the leftist press that NEVER makes any mistakes!!
No alert needed, the 'leftist press' isn't infallible and often admits their mistakes.
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It's a trait that worthless pond scum right wing media takes advantage of regularly. Fox News makes mistakes all the time but they never run corrections, they never fire the journalists that ran the questionable story, (though I guess that would be difficult consider it's a network without any actual journalists) they just run 24/7 coverage of 'leftist news' mistakes or corrections which of course makes their gullible viewers regurgitate their tired rhetoric of the 'left' being so untrustworthy. Rightwing conservative media is nothing but a joke as are those who continue to be swayed by its toxic destructive ideology.
I am always impressed by your use of as many demeaning words you can squeeze into a single sentence while bitching incessantly about Fox.
FFS, TURN IT THE FUCK OFF if it bothers you so,
They are getting so used to the R’s turning on one another the ‘faux’ pas is understandable.