The bureau expected Clinton to be the next president. So her Trump strategy became the FBI’s Trump strategy.
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Left: Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., June 8, 2017. Right: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York City, September 19, 2022.
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Among the most troubling conclusions in special counsel John Durham’s Russiagate report is that the FBI — even as it relied on Clinton-campaign-funded opposition research against Donald Trump that it failed to verify — ignored strongly supported intelligence that Hillary Clinton was intentionally smearing Trump as a Putin puppet.
To my mind, Durham is being too kind.
About the Author
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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Among the most troubling conclusions in special counsel John Durham’s Russiagate report is that the FBI — even as it relied on Clinton-campaign-funded opposition research against Donald Trump that it failed to verify — ignored strongly supported intelligence that Hillary Clinton was intentionally smearing Trump as a Putin puppet.
To my mind, Durham is being too kind.
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About the Author
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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