“Perhaps, at best, an effort by former Attorney General Bill Barr to curry favor with the [Trump] White House. At worst an effort to appease Donald Trump and investigate one of his pet theories: what Trump always called ‘the Russia hoax. '”Former SDNY federal prosecutor:I hope that Michael Sussman sues Durham, Barr, DeFilippis, & others who were responsible for this completely political/frivolous prosecution. He and Bill Barr just slapped down for their behavior. it was a political assignment from bill barr to create a phony story for Donald Trump.

Source: New York Times May 31, 2022 19:42 UTC