Crossfire Hurricane: Disclosures Further Erode Legacy of Troubled Russia Probe

The legacy of the inquiry that has hung over President Donald Trump since his election-and was already in ruins this month-has been further eroded by a deluge of revelations from congressional inquiries, watchdog investigations, declassifications, and a continuing criminal probe of the investigators.

Barnett told DOJ investigators that shortly after being assigned to the Flynn case in August 2016, he thought Crossfire Hurricane was "Opaque" and that the Flynn case, codenamed Crossfire Razor, was built on "Supposition on supposition."

Barnett thought the predication for the investigation was "Not great" and that it wasn't clear what the person who opened the case wanted to "Look for or at." He said that the intelligence analysts on the case looked into a claim from a source about an event involving Flynn in 2014 and found the allegation "Not plausible."

Around that time, an FBI analyst told Barnett that the probe was an "Exercise in futility." Barnett told investigators that another analyst, who was the lead analyst on Crossfire Razor, was "a believer" in the collusion theory and was convinced that Flynn broke the law.

Less than three weeks later, Barnett learned that two other agents interviewed Flynn at the White House on Jan. 24.

The Flynn legal saga, which continues to this day, revolves around an alleged false statement Flynn made during that interview.

Barnett wasn't the only official concerned with the conduct of the Russia probe.
 

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