#shorts On 6/21/2023, Several Democrats on the Judiciary panel, including Johnson, highlighted that the four-year Durham probe led to three indictments and cost roughly $6.5 million — a fraction of the estimated $32 million used by former FBI Director Robert Mueller in his Russiagate investigation.
“And none of the individuals you prosecuted were ever charged with being part of a hoax or a fraud or a witch hunt or a politically motivated Deep State conspiracy against Donald Trump. Isn’t that correct?” Johnson asked.
“I would not say that. That’s not accurate,” Durham answered.
“You mean you did charge somebody with being a part of a hoax?” Johnson asked.
“We charged Mr. [Michael] Sussmann with having knowingly provided false information to the FBI regarding Alfa Bank,” Durham answered, referring to allegations, shopped by the former Clinton campaign lawyer, that the Trump Organization was in backchannel communication with the Russian financial institution. Sussmann was acquitted at trial last year, along with Igor Danchenko, a key source for ex-MI6 spy Christopher Steele’s infamous dossier. Former FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith also pleaded guilty in August 2020 to having falsified documents to renew a surveillance warrant on Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
Johnson, a nine-term congressman, has a long history of bizarre remarks.
On 6/21/2023, Former Special Counsel John Durham testified before the House Judiciary Committee about his investigation into the origins of Spygate. Former Attorney General Bill Barr tapped Durham in 2019 to investigate the FBI and Justice Department’s handling of the Trump-Russia probe and made Durham special counsel the following October, so he could continue the probe in the event the 45th president lost the 2020 election. On May 15, Durham released a 306-page report that found the federal law enforcement agencies had conducted a “seriously flawed” investigation into then-candidate Trump that had no evidentiary basis. In July of 2016, Peter Strzok opened a counterintel investigation into Trump’s camp dubbed “Crossfire Hurricane” on suspicions (based on no evidence) that the Russians had infiltrated Trump’s circle. According to John Durham’s report, Hillary Clinton’s plan to link Trump’s campaign to Russia was briefed by former CIA Director John Brennan to Barack Obama and Joe Biden in August 2016!
other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/YDLJA-xncOA
Democrat Rep. Hank Johnson Gets Schooled By Special Counsel John Durham On Russian Collusion Hoax.