Today he testified in classified setting before the House intelligence committee. Tomorrow is the public version.
Special Counsel John Durham is scheduled to be questioned tomorrow by members of the House Judiciary Committee in a public setting. The hearing is scheduled for 9:00am ET, Rayburn Office Building [ DETAILS HERE ] – “The hearing will focus on the report of Special Counsel John Durham that examined the origins and justifications of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Crossfire Hurricane investigation against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.”
Questions have been passed along, and hopefully this summary is timed to avoid giving Mary McCord and her Lawfare team prep-time to construct their defensive talking points.
[Durham Report Here] Questions like:
(1) Mr. Durham, having spent four years investigating, researching, reviewing, interviewing and pouring through files related to the overall Trump-Russia collusion story, your report -like the report of Robert Mueller that preceded it- found no substantive predicate existed to ever open an investigation of candidate Donald Trump for any efforts with Russians or foreign actors to interfere in the 2016 election. As a result of your time and diligence, you are likely the #1 subject matter expert in the entire series of events.
♦ Question: In your opinion, was President Obama aware there was no reason in 2016 to investigate Donald Trump, who then became President-elect Trump?
(2) You note in your report that you never re-reviewed any of the material evidence that formed the baseline for the Robert Mueller special counsel investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
♦ Question: Why not?
♦ Question: Who made the decision not to review the 2-year Mueller probe activity as part of your investigative review? Why was that decision made?
(3) Do you agree that both your 4-year review of the U.S government action in the Trump-Russia collusion story crossed several paths with the 2-year Mueller review of the Russian interference in the election story?
Question: In your opinion, how is it possible that Robert Mueller and his team of 19 investigators, 50 FBI agents and 100 administrative staff, could investigate Russian election interference for two years and not discover the Trump-Russia collusion story was a hoax created by the Hillary Clinton campaign?
(4) You questioned several current and former CIA officials about the 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment.
♦ Question: How do you reconcile the sanctions placed by Barack Obama against 20 Russian officials in December of 2016, against the reality that there was little substantive confidence Russia interfered in the election?
♦ Question: How do you reconcile your investigative findings with the December 29th, 2016, Joint Analysis Report (JAR) on Russia Cyber Activity about Russian hacking, and with the January 7th, 2017, Intelligence Community Assessment that specifically stated -falsely- that Russia was trying to help Donald Trump win the 2016 election?
♦ Question: Did Russians hack the 2016 DNC email servers and leak the information to Julian Assange at Wikileaks?
(5) You note in your report [CITATION] how former FBI Director James Comey was intimately involved in the creation of the Carter Page FISA application. You write about Comey continually asking the DOJ National Security Division and FBI counterintelligence investigators, “Where’s the FISA, we need the FISA.” However, you never interviewed James Comey or Andrew McCabe, because the former FBI Director and Deputy refused to cooperate or give testimony to you.
♦ Question: How did you discover details about the demands of Comey?
♦ Question: How did you write specific quotes from Andrew McCabe describing Comey’s demands?
♦ Question: Did you review transcripts of Andrew McCabe’s testimony to Inspector General Michael Horowitz?
♦ Question: Why did Inspector General Michael Horowitz never release those transcripts? And do you have a copy?
(6) The two-year Mueller investigation was headed by a gentleman named Andrew Weissmann. Mr. Weissmann then gave former Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein indictments of 17 Russian nationals who were alleged to have interfered in the 2016 election. Those indictments were never made public, and the allegations within them were sealed and placed in the security of the DOJ-National Security Division never to be reviewed or acted upon.
♦ Question: Did you review those indictments?
♦ Question: Are those indictments valid evidence of Russian election interference?
♦ Question: In your opinion, why were those indictments never made public?
♦ Question: Mr. Weissmann created the Russian indictments that were never used, and Mr. Weissmann recently published a lengthy roadmap to guide special counsel Jack Smith in his novel use of the Espionage Act to target President Trump. In your opinion, is there a possible similarity of motive?
(7) In July of 2018, the Dept of Justice informed the FISA Court, that despite the numerous material issues found by Inspector General Horowitz in the Carter Page FISA application, there was still sufficient predicate for the DOJ submission to the court. Excerpts of the letter below:
Mr. Durham, your recent report seemingly contradicts this July, 2018, letter as it was written to the FISA court almost two years after the original Carter Page FISA application was submitted.
♦ Question: Is this letter truthful?
♦ Question: As outlined on Page 8 discussing the April 02, and June 29, 2017 FISA renewals, is it true the FBI factually had no control over the Chris Steele “sub source” now identified as Igor Danchenko – a man you prosecuted?
♦ Question: How do you reconcile the DOJ misleading the FISA court, in July 2018, about the substance of Carter Page FISA application?
(8) Ten days after the Dept of Justice sent this July 12th letter to the FISA Court, the Carter Page FISA application was made public (July 22, 2018).
♦ Question: Who released the Carter Page FISA application?
♦ Question: Given the Top Secret Compartmented and Classified nature of the application, FISA and the processes and systems therein, can you explain why the DOJ publicly released the Carter Page FISA application?
♦ Question: During the course of your investigation, did anyone provide to you or your investigators evidence of corruption, false statements, illegal activity, or involvement by any members of the legislative branch of Congress, in the construct of the Trump-Russia collusion case that you did not pursue?
Good luck with those.
Well let’s just see if any of those questions are asked.
If not, then we know even more than we do already that the R’s in Congress are in on the gig.
After today, and no intervention by the military, we’re down to 1 1/2 years before …….
“and no intervention by the military”
Kinda risky hope that one is……kinda like asking to play Russian roulette.
Somehow I think the fourth branch would be okay with a military coup in the USA…….you?
After Milley retires?
Seen too many like him, take Clark for instance.
How did that Venezuela thing turn out?
To anyone thinking the military can somehow save the country ask yourself why the discredited Q psyop would have pushed the idea so hard?
No military coups. Officer corps are nothing but ass kissing deep staters. Obama got rid of real military leaders and war fighters.
I guess there is no way we can sneak you onto that committee… is there, Sundance?
Sand in gears ?
-Sand sculpture.
Funny, Patience…
I made an oblique comment on the earlier thread on DeSantis alluding exactly to this. Exactly. You’ve taken my breath away.
I was not raised nor am I now a member of the Catholic Church, but I don’t understand why stain glass windows are ok but Christ on the Cross is not ok in my Methodist church.
The empty cross speaks to me but The Crucifix humbles me, as though I am a sinner on his way to Damascus.
I have had the same thought. was told it is because the protestants focus on the RISEN Savior. we can do both in our hearts.
Nor am I Catholic, Dave. You have posed a question which has never occurred to me. And having pondered it, I know I could have never written anything as poignant as you have done.
A sinner on his way to Damascus…..
As for being humbled by the Crucifix? How could one fail to be…bless you, Dave.
Just answering one of those questions, and doing so truthfully, would be amazing.
And unusually refreshing.
Instead be prepared for the usual congressional outgassing.
It’s unfortunate that sundance isn’t allowed to be one of the interviewers or at least provide them with questions directly rather than just on his website.
Have any of the Republicans on the Committee ever read a detailed CTH article on this issue and many others?
If he had given them the questions directly early on the result would be a case of boxed planned answers as questions would have been leaked to the opposition. This way we will see that the questions are now public and since we know that congress critters do read this site. By ignoring them it will show their true colors. It is becoming important for congress critters to show their MAGA support or uniparty support. My guess is that the will ignore the questions and continue the mouthing off uniparty yelling and screaming about the needs for change and reform.
Your report reads like an inspector generals report. Were you investigating to see if crimes were committed?
Did you uncover any crimes?
By others, not DJT?
Sundance has sent these questions to at least one appropriate party.
🙏🏻
Limbaugh, Levin, Fox, Tricker could have all hired sundance as an investigator. Why not?
Good question andy. Perhaps sundance prefers to be independent so he never has to modify his views for an employer.
His toughest question will be Do you prefer Perrier or Tap water?
Hi SD
Should (4) be 2016?
The question part of 4
Thank you…
WOLVERINES!!!!
Ugh is he swearing allegiance to that thing?
If it was me I would only have one question.
Are there more US Attorney’s or Procecutors working in the background ( like at the time US Attorney John Huber ) to finally get Justice Amerika is so in need of?
You mean like 5-D chess? And more hopium?
You mean you don’t trust Trump?
Did Obama authorize Crossfire Hurricane investigation and when?
A very interesting review by Lee Smith: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/war-on-trump-war-on-millions-lee-smith
Is paying an attorney firm with campaign funds to pay someone to create false information about an opponent, election interference? Is reporting these payments as legal fees misrepresentation or falsifying business records? Is leaking the known, paid for lies to the media, slander? There seems to be a lot of illegal activity, especially by the FIB, DOJ that could be explored. Why not a single criminal charge against anyone?
Who would you suggest will arrest the perps?
Bragg, NYC.
The venue would be proper.
Hopefully Sundance has given an advance copy to some Representative(s) who will asking DUD Durham those questions tomorrow! But my guess is there will be a massive fog enveloping the Capital Building all day tomorrow led by the Democrats/Uniparty/RINOs/GOPe! Just a wild guess!
Questions have been passed along…
Oh yes, he has.
I passed it along to my Rep here in CA, Kevin Kiley.
Who in the Special Prosecutor Office approved the “recitation of facts” for the Kevin Clinesmith’s guilty plea?
Did anyone in the Special Prosecutor Office report Kevin Clinesmith to the appropriate Bar Associations for possible ethical violations AFTER
Kevin Clinesmith’s guilty plea?
Yes on the Bar question.
Good reminder that we should ask that about Hunter Biden too.
Was VP Biden involved in the Crossfire Hurricane authorization decision and if so what documentation was provided to support such an operation and to whom?
now…lets look at some of the idiotic questions that will probably be asked instead of the questions that should be asked.
“Mr. Durham are you satisfied with your investigation and what you found and confident that you did a thorough
job?”
None of these questions will be asked by a “R” on the Judiciary Committee. They would be interrupting their flow of money by asking these questions. No way-no how do they want the truthful answers to these questions being answered in a public setting.
All the important questions will be ‘classified’.
As in evidence that proves that the fourth branch is an unconstitutional crime syndicate that blackmails elected officials, willing and unwilling, is classified.
The only Constitutional solution is zero all funded and to prevent illicit funding, revoke their charter.
For extra safety, confiscate all government issued electronic equipment, shut off power to buildings, lock the doors and post guards.
Then wait for DC area housing prices to collapse by 90%.
I remember you asked a group of trusted media to get together and help the Congress critters with questioning. It will be interesting to see if they listened. Unfortunately I doubt they did but hope I’m wrong. Tired of all the supposed secret sh*t is hidden from we the people for no reason other than hide the ball.
“Did you investigate Halper’s little helper, Miss “Azra Turk” and who was her ultimate employer?”
I hope the repubs read this, or at least a couple.
Is lying to the FISA court a crime?
Why did you not pursue charges against Comey and McCabe for instructing subordinates to lie to the court?
From Casino Royale –
Le Chifferi: I’m afraid that your friend Mathis is really my friend Mathis, James!
https://clip.cafe/casino-royale-2006/my-friend-mathis/
How many of the CTH readers think Sundance should run for office. I’d love to see him take on these people.
I like him right where God put him.
Where we need him.
Though I’d be pleased if he found himself as an advisor to PDJT in his second Administration.
THAT would be cruel to SD! Although it would greatly help our country.
I prefer he stay here at the treehouse and inform with information and analysis not available anywhere else.
Wow, great list. For me, this is the one. Did Russians hack the 2016 DNC email servers and leak the information to Julian Assange at Wikileaks? They will never ask but dang to get the definitive answer if he even knows or would tell the truth.
A more important question is why that DNC server was outsourced to an outside contractor for examination? Also a followup question regarding the impossibility of an ‘outside’ hack since the information had to be downloaded directly onto a disc?
DUD is so apropos!
Praying that Sunlight of Heaven fills that hearing room and the questioners and the answerer are emboldened with the courage and love of this nation and its founding ideals to stand firm in asking the questions that need to be asked and answering each and every question as if their soul depended on the replies being honest and fulsome.
Amen , Bessie !
Let it be so !
What’s the over/under on how many times we hear “not in my purview”?
https://www.redvoicemedia.com/video/2023/06/trump-indictment-scam-you-dont-need-to-be-a-lawyer-to-see-the-game-theyre-playing-greg-kelly/
-Not even one box!
Why are there photos of stacks of boxes… in the Jack Smith inditement against President Donald J Trump
since
-the inditement notes
102 documents ???
Don’t expect a whole lot.in fact,nothing,,, this is a shit show,,, the whole thing is corrupt,,please see that!!
Thank you, Sundance.
The answer to the last question is “yes” because we know that YOU provided ample evidence of corruption, false statements, illegal activity, or involvement by any members of the legislative branch of Congress, in the construct of the Trump-Russia collusion case to Durham’s lead investigator, Alderman, that Durham did not pursue.
Should be interesting, and I hope it puts a noose around Ms. McCord’s neck.
Congressman and women: Ask these questions!
The truth might have no agenda, but protecting the deep state at any cost does.
So, according to James O’Keefe’s report today U.S. senators are the cheapest politicians to buy at $10,000. How much for the Congress critters I wonder? I would think they’d be cheaper since there’s more of them. At any rate we can be sure ALL of them have been bought at some price if none of them have the balls to ask any pertinent questions.
This Durham travesty of justice along with today’s Hunter Biden sweet plea deal takes on even more importance re: 2024. The GOPe and the RINOs will be under closer scrutiny now if they attempt to change the rules to hurt President Trump’s chances in the primaries.
I would imagine that voters, at least Republican voters and many Independent voters, will be totally fed up with the Uniparty system and will unify even more behind President Trump.
What’s the over/under on NONE of these questions getting asked?
Lack of any current action is absolutely pathetic. This is the most corrupt political thing to happen, to that point, in our history
♦ Question: During the course of your investigation, did anyone provide to you or your investigators evidence of corruption, false statements, illegal activity, or involvement by any members of the legislative branch of Congress, in the construct of the Trump-Russia collusion case that you did not pursue?
The last question should be first Question. It is a loaded question. Sundance can answer it in the affirmative first hand.
Mary McCord? Laura Ingraham’s bestie?
What a two faced phony Ingraham is! Atleast, McCord has always been an insufferable slimy piece of traitorous trash!!
Epochtimes covered the House Press brief following the closed door with Durham.
They raised the issue of reauthorization of Section 702 (which is what they REALLY care about)
“And additional training will be implemented . . . “?
This is the reaction to a closed door hearing about the biggest political scandal in American history?
Never, ever, expect anything positive from these people.
Why did you give Clinesmith a sweetheart deal as if he was Hunter Biden?
The question is, will any of the members ask them? I am thinking Durham does not like you very much.
My favorite:
Question: During the course of your investigation, did anyone provide to you or your investigators evidence of corruption, false statements, illegal activity, or involvement by any members of the legislative branch of Congress, in the construct of the Trump-Russia collusion case that you did not pursue?
Answer: Of course.
Interesting reading, hopeful!
I would treasure the same questions with answers supplied by Sundance in some future post.
Sent to all our gentlemen and gentleladies in Congress…
Those are some amazing questions! Do you think any of them will be asked I hope, Sundance, that you have a connection with one of the congressman or several that will be asking questions.
Are you aware that Mark Warner, the slimy POS, is the individual who leaked the FISA application continuing surveillance on President Trump’s orbit to the NYT? Why the eff don’t you care? How is that not material to this pile of tripe you released.
The average Dem has no idea that the Durham Report says Hillary Clinton’s operation paid others to start the Russia, Russia Hoax and FRAME TRUMP.
Too bad Durham is afraid to use the word “FRAME.”
Thought Durham would make the Beta men at the Bureau accountable. As of now he has not. This is the historic end of the Republic, people will come to identify this period of unaccountability by criminal government employees as the end of government by the people and their representatives.
Durham can’t be very pleased with Cardinal Comey’s puffy-chested lying like the grifting streetwalker he is. The abject corruption Comey is involved in- by the public record alone- makes a mafia capo look lazy. And then Comey has the complete amnesia of a hit man when interviewed by the House. I love reading about Constitutional Americans speaking out at Comey book signings. He is a very, very warped man. The DOJ and the FBI agents who took an oath allowed him to destroy the Bureau. Everyone knows people who were in the Bureau. It meant something to them far beyond self-interest. The Whistleblowers we saw in hearings gave their very careers and the administrative state punished them illegally.
Comey and the swamp destroyed the FBI and the CIA is glad they did. Oh and the CIA is doing a great job with getting ahead of hypersonic weapons too! I’m certain everyone is so very proud of the FBI and CIA….great show, thanks for the clap.
But, since the DOJ cut Hunter loose today I would say Durham will make some news and the sick monsters he investigated need a diversion from Durham’s hearing.
Weirdly, VP Biden wasn’t involved in any of this, like they knew they might get caught and wanted him w clean hands to keep the Plan in play
Would be a nice move if both groups were set up to go down at the same time, so nobody from the Uniparty could continue to lead
I don’t think they ever intentionally involve pResident *Biden in anything. I’m sure they avoid getting him involved.
Wasn’t it Obama who said to never underestimate the ability of Biden to “F” things up?
I think even Obama underestimated his ability in that department.
Li, not sure what you mean by “this” but Biden was present in the Oval with Obama and Susan Rice when the planning was discussed, the infamous “by the book” discussion IIRC.
Think Joe “brainstormed” the FARA strategy for the FlynnAffair … he knows all of it.. just can’t quite remember where he put it…
My guess is that uniparty deal is FJB won’t run for a second term.
The next shoe to drop for the uniparty eliminating PDJT.
This is my primary fear at this point.
He needs to 10x his security.
And as much as he wants to penatrate the bubble and engage with We the People, he needs to resist except in very secure environments.
RFK Jr is looking better and better to me, if PDJT cannot run.
RFK is not MAGA so no thank you have a good night Dj
R.D.
Yeah are we attempting to act like cult members intentionally or is that something that comes natural to y’all? If trump doesn’t run, for whatever reason, it’s perfectly ok to have another person in mind as a backup.
RFK is a member of the primary communist party, the democrats. He is a member because he believes in the communist system.
I’ll vote Trump if I have to write him in, and barring that not vote for the president. This assumes there is not other reasonable candidate on the ballot.
Jail the unvaced is not cool
Uh-uh.
If President Trump is kept from running I will write his name in.
OMG, Dj, you need to quickly research and rethink your mistaken view(s) of RFK. He is right on exactly ONE major issue–government compromised medical fraud, especially as demonstrated through the vaccine scam.
Other than that, he is a strong supported of EVERYTHING conservatives dislike about the hollow and destructive policies of The Left.
Please–start checking out the facts before you continue your support of RFK. and, please don’t equate his with PDJT.
I posted here a few times,that Eric & Jr should join the presidential race for an insurance policy.Also the left would go NUTS.
Nothing is beneath the Deep State. These are perilous times to be sure. God Bless President Donald J. Trump!
I think it was more about Obama’s estimation that Joe Biden would f things up. Biden has always been a buffoon. He used to be an affable buffoon, like the drunk uncle at a wedding.
He’s embarrassing. It’s just now he’s also well into dementia and the embarrassment is on a global stage.