BARACK BRIEFED: Obama knew of Clinton plans to vilify Trump over Russia collusion narrative: Durham report
'Media Buzz' host Howard Kurtz has more on the fallout from the long-awaited release of Special Counsel John Durham's report on the origins of Trump-Russia investigation on 'Special Report.'
The conclusions in the report undermine opponents of Trump who have claimed for years that he colluded with Russia, although some Democrats in Congress and critics in the media have dismissed or downplayed the findings. On Aug. 3, 2016, within days of receiving the Clinton plan in late July, then-CIA Director John Brennan, Joe Biden and other senior officials to discuss Russian efforts to interfere in the election.
According to Brennan's handwritten notes and his recollections from the meeting, he briefed those present on the Clinton plan.
Special Counsel John Durham, who then-United States Attorney General William Barr appointed in 2019 after the release of the Mueller report to probe the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation.Marc Elias, general counsel for Clinton's 2016 campaign, testified both during a House Intelligence Committee investigation in 2017 and more recently during Durham's ongoing probe that he hired the opposition research firm Fusion GPS to dig up dirt on then-candidate Trump.
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