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conspiracy, revealing that the key emails cited as evidence were likely fabricated by Russian intelligence. According to the Times, Special Counsel Durham determined that emails purportedly written by Leonard Benardo of the Open Society Foundations were almost certainly forged composites based on legit
licious disinformation traced to Russian intelligence:' According to the Washington Post (07/31, Strobel), the declassified document included in the Durham report showed that while the FBI investigated claims that Hillary Clinton had approved a campaign plan to tie Donald Trump to Russia, the bureau ul
o help Trump, and Durham criticized the FBI's inconsistent investigative approach to Clinton versus Trump-related matters. The New York Post (07/31, Christenson) added that newly declassified intelligence revealed confidential 2016 conversations between Open Society officials Leonard Benardo and Jeffrey Gol
not yet received the report from Special Counsel John Durham's investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe. According to the article, Durham has been conducting the investigation since April 2019, and Garland suggested that inquiries regarding the report should be directed to Durham. The
iden, Pandolfo), Reuters (05/02, Ali, Hesson), Politico (05/02, Ward, Seligman, Gould), Bloomberg (05/02, Sink, Gardner), the New York Post (05/02, Christenson, Doombos), Axios (05/02, Kight, Habeshian), Al Jazeera (05/02, Staff Writer), HuffPost (05/02, Robillard), Newsweek (05/02, Skinner), and the Washin
esidential campaign. He concluded that the investigation opened on July 31, 2016, was begun for purely political reasons. The author added that the Durham report states that on Aug. 3, 2016, then-President Barack Obama and his national security EFTA00160563 team were briefed by then-CIA Director John
e Trump advisers. Reuters (06/27, Thomsen), Associated Press (06/27, Licon, Tucker), Washington Post (06/27, Barrett, Stein), New York Post (06/27, Christenson), Washington Examiner (06/27, Dunleavy), The Guardian (06/27, Lowell), Independent (06/27, O'Connell), Business Insider (06/27, Leonard), CBS News (
e Carter Page and for "failing to act on a clear warning sign" that the bureau was being manipulated for political purposes. The article stated that Durham concluded the FBI "failed to adequately consider" intelligence showing that Hillary Clinton's campaign sought to link Trump to Russia, which should
, Angela), Dallas Express (11/08, Staff Writer), The Daily Beast (11/08, Vaillancourt), NewsNation (11/07, Espitallier), New York Post (11/07, Nava, Christenson), New York Times (11/09, Thrush, Feurer, Savage), Reuters (11/07, Staff Writer), and Washington Examiner (11/07, Zimmerman). The National Review (1
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