Devin Nunes Says Durham “Being Blocked” by Someone at DOJ
If it were up to Devin Nunes, special counsel John Durham unveils a wave of new charges right now, escalating his endeavor to root out misconduct in the FBI‘s Russia inquiry.
But Durham isn’t doing that — in fact, his years-long investigation appears to be winding down with what could be the final prosecution of the affair — leading Nunes, who during his closing act in Congress sent more than a dozen criminal referrals to the Justice Department focused on the Russia matter and the 2016 election, to openly speculate Durham is somehow “being blocked” from expanding his aim.
“I think what is happening here, Durham is being blocked,” Nunes said Friday on Fox News. “And I don’t say this lightly. He’s being blocked by somebody within the Department of Justice where he cannot bring the charges that should be brought right now. And those are charges of conspiracy of lying to Congress, misleading Congress, [and] defrauding the government.”
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Nunes, who is now CEO of former President Donald Trump’s media venture, Trump Media and Technology Group, is leaning into his skepticism of the Biden administration’s appetite to let Durham run its course without interruption. He previously questioned whether the Justice Department would allow Durham to release a report summing up his work.
Attorney General Merrick Garland assured, in responding to prying questions from Republican lawmakers nearly one year ago, “you would know if he weren’t continuing to do his work,” while also noting that the vitality of Durham’s investigation was evident in a then-recent financial activity report. Before that, Garland declined to promise during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in February 2021 that he would protect Durham’s investigation or make any eventual report public.
However, Garland said he didn’t have any “reason” to think it wasn’t the right move to allow Durham to continue his work, and, in July 2021, a Justice Department official said the agency “agrees” with an order by former Attorney General William Barr regarding transparency for the review when he made Durham, then the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, a special counsel — a designation that provided him extra protection to continue his work following a change in administrations.
Durham’s investigation began more than three years ago. While Trump and his allies claim the businessman-turned-politician was unfairly targeted in a bid to undermine his campaign and presidency, Democrats and some legal observers claim the inquiry is meant to undercut Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation and inflict damage on Trump’s political foes.
During his appearance Friday, Nunes argued Durham appears to be “systematically” putting the FBI on trial in the case against a leading source for disgraced former British spy Christopher
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