Declassified Durham Report Annex Sheds New Light on Origins of Russia Probe: Grassley

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The documents were part of an annex to former special counsel John Durhamโ€™s 2023 report into the FBIโ€™s investigation into alleged Trump campaignโ€“Russia ties.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Thursday released a declassified annex to former special counsel John Durhamโ€™s 2023 report into the FBIโ€™s investigation into allegations of Trump campaignโ€“Russia ties.

According to statements by Grassley, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, the report suggests that the Hillary Clinton campaign sought to falsely claim that then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had ties with the Russian government, while the FBI failed to investigate the matter.

โ€œToday, the Department of Justice provided Chairman Grassley with previously classified information relating to Special Counsel Durhamโ€™s investigation into possible coordination between the Clinton campaign and the Obama administration to interfere with the 2016 presidential election,โ€ Bondi said in a statement.

Her statement was echoed by Ratcliffe.

Information in the Durham annex, Ratcliffe said, shows that there was โ€œa coordinated plan to prevent and destroy Donald Trumpโ€™s presidencyโ€ during his first term.

In one of the now-declassified memos, it said that the Clinton campaign โ€œapproved a plan proposed by one of her foreign policy advisors … to โ€˜smear Donald Trump by magnifying the scandal tied to the intrusion by the Russian special services in the pre-election process to benefit the Republican candidate.โ€

That information was uncovered by Durham during his probe of the FBI and other intelligence activities during that election.

โ€œBased on the Durham annex, the Obama FBI failed to adequately review and investigate intelligence reports showing the Clinton campaign may have been ginning up the fake Trump-Russia narrative for Clintonโ€™s political gain, which was ultimately done through the Steele Dossier and other means,โ€ Grassley said in a statement.

Grassley described it as โ€œone of the biggest political scandals and cover-ups in American history.โ€

โ€œThe new Trump administration has a tremendous responsibility to the American people to fix the damage done and do so with maximum speed and transparency,โ€ he said.

By Jack Phillips

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