Special counsel John Durham is set to testify on Capitol Hill next month after releasing his report excoriating the FBI over its handling of investigations into the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia.
Durham was tasked with investigating Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI’s 2016 investigation into Trump-Russia collusion, and other related activities, in May of 2019. Former Attorney General Bill Barr gave Durham special counsel status in December of 2020 to protect the investigation as the White House changed hands from former President Donald Trump to President Joe Biden.
Durham ended his roughly four-year investigation last week after the Department of Justice released a 306-page report containing Durham’s findings. The report painted a damning picture of an FBI that disregarded its mission and central principles in order to pursue a partisan investigation into Trump.
