Like clockwork, every single revelation during the Mueller investigation that painted the FBI in a bad light was preemptively spun via leaks to one of several Fusion GPS mouthpieces.
Enter this new Times report saying that John Durham is investigating whether the CIA at the behest of John Brennan hid evidence from the White House.
On the surface, this seems like this leak helps Barr and Durham.
Heck, the Times isn't even really hiding the ball, as the first paragraph in their article casts aspersions on Durham's new thread. Trump administration officials investigating the government's response to Russia's election interference in 2016 appear to be hunting for a basis to accuse Obama-era intelligence officials of hiding evidence or manipulating analysis about Moscow's covert operation, according to people familiar with aspects of the inquiry.
One of Barr's first acts as AG was to setup the Durham investigation to figure out exactly why illegal warrants were sought against Carter Page and why the FBI used garbage information to pursue the Trump campaign with such doggedly, evidence ignoring pursuit.
Ever since that's been announced, every single attack on Barr has really come down to that investigation.
It's not about reporting the news, it's about preemptively spinning these revelations and trying to use them as a cudgel to attack Barr and Durham's investigation.
https://www.redstate.com/bonchie/2020/02/14/latest-leaks-about-cia-and-brennan-hiding-evidence-are-an-obvious-attempt-to-sandbag-durhams-investigation/
Enter this new Times report saying that John Durham is investigating whether the CIA at the behest of John Brennan hid evidence from the White House.
On the surface, this seems like this leak helps Barr and Durham.
Heck, the Times isn't even really hiding the ball, as the first paragraph in their article casts aspersions on Durham's new thread. Trump administration officials investigating the government's response to Russia's election interference in 2016 appear to be hunting for a basis to accuse Obama-era intelligence officials of hiding evidence or manipulating analysis about Moscow's covert operation, according to people familiar with aspects of the inquiry.
One of Barr's first acts as AG was to setup the Durham investigation to figure out exactly why illegal warrants were sought against Carter Page and why the FBI used garbage information to pursue the Trump campaign with such doggedly, evidence ignoring pursuit.
Ever since that's been announced, every single attack on Barr has really come down to that investigation.
It's not about reporting the news, it's about preemptively spinning these revelations and trying to use them as a cudgel to attack Barr and Durham's investigation.
https://www.redstate.com/bonchie/2020/02/14/latest-leaks-about-cia-and-brennan-hiding-evidence-are-an-obvious-attempt-to-sandbag-durhams-investigation/
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