{"id":28667,"date":"2020-09-18T17:08:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T21:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=28667"},"modified":"2020-09-18T17:09:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T21:09:50","slug":"democrats-totally-terrified-by-durham-probe-demand-investigation-of-the-investigator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=28667","title":{"rendered":"Democrats totally terrified by Durham probe, Demand an investigation of the DoJ investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Absolutely Terrified” Democrats Demand Emergency Investigation Into Durham Probe<\/h1>\n

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

In August, Attorney General William Barr refused to commit to withholding any report by DOJ watchdog John Durham before the November election – causing Congressional Democrats to\u00a0froth at the mouth<\/a>\u00a0over an “October surprise” meant to hurt Joe Biden.<\/p>\n

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Durham was appointed by Barr to investigate the Russia investigators – including members of the Obama-Biden administration, the FBI and the DOJ.<\/p>\n

Now, days after a top prosecutor on the Durham team resigned – reportedly over what she thought was “pressure from Barr to produce results before the November election,”\u00a0the Democratic chairs of four House committees have demanded an “emergency investigation” into Durham’s probe<\/strong>, according to the\u00a0Daily Caller<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

“We write to ask that you open an emergency investigation into whether U.S. Attorney General William Barr, U.S. Attorney John Durham, and other Department of Justice political appointees are following DOJ\u2019s longstanding policy to avoid taking official actions or other steps that could improperly influence the upcoming presidential election,” wrote Democrats Adam Schiff (D-CA), Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) in a letter to DOJ inspector general Michael Horowitz.<\/p>\n

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“Absolutely Terrified” Democrats Demand Emergency Investigation Into Durham Probe<\/p>\n

The letter follows a\u00a0similar demand on Thursday from\u00a010 Democratic members<\/a>\u00a0of the Senate Judiciary Committee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Democrats are questioning the legal authority of the investigation, and whether Durham is allowed to release a public report of the probe before the election.<\/p>\n

\u201cAttorney General Barr has signaled repeatedly that he is likely to allow DOJ to take prosecutorial actions, make public disclosures, and even issue reports before the presidential election in November. Such actions clearly appear intended to benefit President Trump politically,\u201d the Democrats wrote. –Daily Caller<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

House Judiciary Republicans suggested that the Democrats are “absolutely terrified” of the Durham probe, as “They know Barr and Durham are cleaning up the what the Obama\/Biden DOJ left behind,” adding “And the results won’t be pretty for them.”<\/p>\n

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