What kills me is, as a taxpayer, I'm paying the bill for this.

In other words, Durham spent three years and $4.5 million to advance the ball little further than Michael Horowitz did. As has long been apparent, the “hoax” wasn’t the Russia investigation. The hoax was trying to present the Russia probe as a hoax.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/19/trump-russia-durham-fbi/

I get it, and I get that DJT won in 2016 and that gave him the authority to spend my tax dollars basically in support of whatever he wanted, but, for the record, I'm pissed off.

Just saying.

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Northwest · M

How does it compare to the "enhanced" rates taxpayers paid for Trump's protection, at flailing Trump "luxury" properties?

Too bad Durham did not stumble on a blow job, to salvage some of the time spent on bullshit, like the late Ken Starr did.

MistyCee

@Northwest Its a little worse, I guess, because I doubt that Durham's failure will prevent a Star-like effort on Biden come January.

In a perfect world, Durham's waste of money on a "reverse witch hunt" might get us somewhere, but I suspect that not only will the Trump "persecution" end after the midterms, but also that the the Biden persecution will commence with Congressional support.

Bannon may even lose, but Bannonism and the destruction of a functioning American Government will go on.

Livingwell · 61-69, M

Agreed. Attack thy enemies. While no "proof" shows Russian collusion, how do we explain the Republican's supporting Russia's Ukraine "special operation"? Retaliation for Zelensky not playing ball with the Donald?

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windinhishair · 61-69, M

@Livingwell We need to remember that the Mueller Investigation did not exonerate Trump. To the contrary, Mueller found that Trump and his team coordinated with Russian operatives, but they couldn't prove collusion because those people refused to testify. Based on Trump's own words and actions, it couldn't be clearer that Russia and Putin have kompromat on Trump, and exert some control over him.

Livingwell · 61-69, M

@windinhishair I understand that. But Bill Barr sent out a misleading narrative that many take as the Donald being exonerated. And it's not just a republican issue. Dems are also guilty of crimes and "the base" on both sides just look the other way. No accountability.

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@Livingwell He most certainly did, and it was evident at the time, but the lie is still being repeated by MAGAs today.

No political party is immune from scandals. What sets the MAGAs apart is that criminality is a key element of their existence. They don't even have a party platform to run on.

windinhishair · 61-69, M

There was no question that Durham was going to conclude that the investigation of Trump's Russian connections was fraudulent. The only real question was would have actually find something significant, or would he make it up based on flimsy evidence. Now we know it was the latter. It is embarrassing, but it won't prevent a Republican House in 2023 from spending the next two years using taxpayer dollars investigating everything and anything that has to do with the Democrats to distract from their own actions on January 6 and position Trump for a takeover of government by January 2025.

cuddles1266 · 70-79, M

The man (djt) will never stop his hoaxing on whatever can bring the focus on himself. It's a sad life and an obnoxious one.

eli1601 · 70-79, M

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eli1601 · 70-79, M

@SomeMichGuy 🤣

SomeMichGuy · M

@eli1601 Yeah, you're just a crazy old fool...good to know.

eli1601 · 70-79, M

@SomeMichGuy 🤣

SomeMichGuy · M

Agreed.

SomeMichGuy · M

...you know where spending bills originate.

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