attorney in Connecticut, is expected to deliver a lengthy report by the end of the summer. His team has interviewed some high-level officials, including former CIA Director John Brennan, but is now focused on low-level FBI agents. However, this month it was reported the federal prosecutor had presented evidence before a grand jury, a sign he is considering more criminal charges. Still, Trump often asks, "Where’s Durham?" in a show of frustration stemming back to before the 2020 election, when he vented at then-Attorney General William Barr for not pushing Durham to produce a report or more indictments ahead of his faceoff against now-President Joe Biden.ĭuring the entire investigation, Durham brought only one criminal charge against former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith, who admitted to altering an email about a Trump campaign aide under government surveillance. WITNESSES GROUSE ABOUT GARLAND'S HANDLING OF DURHAM INQUIRY: REPORT Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, often praises the investigation for lacking leaks, saying it's a "good sign" Durham is running a "legitimate" operation.
Like really high up in government in the last administration that I talked to in the last week, and they don't have a clue," the former federal prosecutor said.
"There are people that were really, really high up in government. I never heard from him," Trump said to Hewitt following inquiries about whether the former president has been contacted for an interview or if he knows anything about the special counsel's progress. "I’ve never heard from Durham, never once.
Former President Donald Trump says he hasn't heard a peep from special counsel John Durham as he wraps up his yearslong investigation into the origins and conduct of the Russia inquiry.Ĭonservative radio host Hugh Hewitt popped the question Thursday during a wide-ranging interview with the 45th president, who has long decried special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation as a "witch hunt" that targeted his allies and himself.