Durham report: Barr calls Trump-Russia investigation ‘one of the greatest injustices’ against a president
Brady Knox
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Former Attorney General William Barr called the FBI’s investigation into former President Donald Trump “one of the greatest injustices” done toward a president.
In an appearance on Fox News on Tuesday, Barr offered a rare defense and praise of his former boss, arguing that the investigation into Trump’s alleged ties to the Russian government was an almost unparalleled injustice and that special counsel John Durham’s investigation fully cleared Trump of all wrongdoing.
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“This is one of the greatest injustices done to a presidential candidate and president,” Barr said.
He continued, “He has been vindicated as far as Russiagate is concerned.”
The former attorney general also offered rare praise for Trump, holding up his policy record and marveling that it all came while he was under heavy scrutiny from the Russia inquiry.
Durham’s investigation was commissioned by Barr in 2019. The final report was released on Monday.
Durham found that the Steele dossier, which triggered the Trump-Russia investigation, was deeply flawed and that the FBI was unable to corroborate “a single substantive allegation.” He added that the agency went through with the investigation despite “a complete lack of information from the Intelligence Community that corroborated the hypothesis upon which the … investigation was predicated.”
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The findings of the four-year investigation corroborated some of Trump’s claims about the FBI’s Russian collusion investigation, specifically regarding political bias and a failure in judgment.
However, Durham’s report fell short of uncovering the “crime of the century,” as Trump speculated, and it did not recommend any criminal charges.