Sources told Fox News that Durham was “very interested” to question former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former CIA Director John Brennan, an anti-Trump critic who recently dismissed the idea. Papadopoulos has suggested he was connected with Mifsud as part of a setup orchestrated by intelligence agencies.
Mifsud reportedly was explaining to investigators in the deposition why people would want to harm him, and why he needed police protection. Durham might want to investigate national security officials’ activities in 2016.įox News reported on Tuesday that Durham’s probe had expanded significantly based on new evidence uncovered during a recent trip to Rome with Attorney General Bill Barr.īarr reportedly told embassy officials in Italy that he “needed a conference room to meet high-level Italian security agents where he could be sure no one was listening in.”Ī source in the Italian Ministry of Justice told The Daily Beast earlier this month that Barr and Durham were played a taped deposition made by Joseph Mifsud, the professor who allegedly told ex-Trump aide George Papadopoulos that the Russians had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton. But the inspector general’s findings, which are expected to be made public in coming weeks, could contribute to the public’s understanding of why Mr. Durham’s investigation grew out of the inspector general’s findings or something that prosecutors unearthed while doing interviews or reviewing documents. Horowitz, is scrutinizing the application for a warrant to wiretap Mr. Among other things, the inspector general, Michael E. Durham’s investigation moves forward, the Justice Department inspector general is wrapping up his own inquiry into aspects of the F.B.I.’s conduct in the early days of the Russia investigation.
Durham, the power to subpoena for witness testimony and documents, to impanel a grand jury and to file criminal charges.Īs Mr. The move gives the prosecutor running it, John H. Barr to a criminal inquiry, according to two people familiar with the matter. According to the New York Times– Justice Department officials have shifted an administrative review of the Russia investigation closely overseen by Attorney General William P.
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