Morning Jolt: Partisan Paranoia Runs Roughshod over the Rule of Law

On the menu today: Yesterday, Department of Justice special counsel John Durham released his long-awaited — er, long-, long-, long-awaited — report on Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI's investigation into Donald Trump and his alleged sinister ties to the Russian government. Durham documented that at the headquarters level under former FBI director James Comey, the bureau began taking special interest in the Trump campaign in April 2016, launching a wide-ranging investigation on the thinnest of pretexts, likely driven by political and personal disdain for Trump among top-level FBI personnel — and from this, a thousand progressive conspiracy theories were born. Meanwhile, President Biden continues to act like there is no debt-ceiling deadline.

The FBI Has Earned Itself a Crossfire Hurricane's Worth of Denunciation

From that lengthy profile of longtime prosecutor John Durham I wrote back in November 2019:

He will not be rushed; there is no guarantee that Durham will reach any prosecutorial ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY May 16 2023 WITH JIM GERAGHTY May 16 2023 Partisan Paranoia Runs Roughshod over the Rule of Law On the menu today: Yesterday, Department of Justice special counsel John Durham released his long-awaited — er, long-, long-, long-awaited — report on Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI's investigation into Donald Trump and his alleged sinister ties to the Russian government. Durham documented that at the headquarters level under former FBI director James Comey, the bureau began taking special interest in the Trump campaign in April 2016, launching a wide-ranging investigation on the thinnest of pretexts, likely driven by political and personal disdain for Trump among top-level FBI personnel — and from this, a thousand progressive conspiracy theories were born. Meanwhile, President Biden continues to act like there is no debt-ceiling deadline. The FBI Has Earned Itself a Crossfire Hurricane's Worth of Denunciation From that lengthy profile of longtime prosecutor John Durham I wrote back in November 2019: He will not be rushed; there is no guarantee that Durham will reach any prosecutorial ...   READ MORE

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