Desperation Sets In After Revelation That Durham Investigation Is ‘Accelerating,’ Targeting ‘Other Matters’ – Opinion

Some days ago, John Durham dropped a bombshell filing that confirmed what has been suspected for years – that Hillary Clinton used operatives to spy on Donald Trump.

More disturbing, though, was the revelation that those who were passing her information were exploiting a prior Pentagon contract to actually monitor the Executive Office of the President after Trump’s inauguration (click here for my take on why that happened). Perkins Coie was the law firm that employed Michael Sussman, now indicted.

Now, a new report from Fox News says that Durham’s investigation is “accelerating,” and that it is also targeting “other matters” outside of just Sussman (and Igor Danchenko). This article gives a comprehensive, detailed and long-form overview of Durham’s investigation.

Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation has “accelerated,” and more people are “cooperating” and coming before the federal grand jury than has previously been reported, a source familiar with the probe told Fox News…

…But a source familiar with federal investigations told Fox News that federal prosecutors cannot indict an individual and then use a grand jury to investigate matters in an existing indictment.

According to the source, a prosecutor may indict a person for a particular crime but continue to use a grand jury to examine other crimes that are related.

“They are looking at more than Sussmann,” the source said.

“The Government also maintains an active, ongoing criminal investigation of the defendant’s [Sussmann’s] conduct and other matters,” Durham wrote.

In other words, they wouldn’t be using the grand jury for investigation purposes if it wasn’t in order to investigate and charge other crimes, and the people involved in those crimes. It’s simply hard to believe that this all stops with Sussman and Danchenko, and Durham’s has been methodical so far. He’s not going to jump the gun until he’s got the goods.

With all the public attention now on the matter, there has been a desperate effort to stop the story from getting out. After three days of not reporting on it at all, the New York Times and the Washington Post finally put out “explainers” on the situation that are filled with bias and omissions, including quoting the lawyers of some of the people possibly being targeted. Those stories were published at almost the same time, but I’m assured there was no coordination.

The latest alarmist claims about purported spying on Trump (spurred by inaccurate coverage by right-wing outlets on a Durham filing) are flawed, but the explanation is byzantine — underlining the challenge for journalists in deciding what merits coverage. https://t.co/4LjUeuaRas

— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) February 15, 2022

Analysis: Why Trump is once again claiming that he was spied upon in 2016 https://t.co/YemIv31IZp

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 14, 2022

These attempts to spin away the magnitude of what Durham has found are reminiscent of the Times’ attempt to whitewash the news that Michael Sussman was going to be indicted. They ran to his lawyers and other “experts” to essentially claim that Durham had nothing. But, the evidence was not mentioned in previous indictments.

In my opinion, that’s what the mainstream media is doing again. This is what they are trying to do. False narratives are already spreading like wildfire, including the idea that a tech firm exploiting a government contract to spy on a president for his political opponents is somehow “normal.”

There’s also the claim Hillary Clinton isn’t directly linked to what happened. That’s not true either. FEC filings show that Neustar was paid by the Clinton campaign as well as the DNC. Further, we know she paid Michael Sussman to get the data from Rodney Joffe (Neustar’s Chief Technology Officer). Joffe may have been promised another thing, but the fact Sussman received payment to access the information is a complete proof that Hillary Clinton was indeed paid.

This evidence proves that the media has no place to turn because it is so damning. Instead of addressing facts as they exist, the media hires hacks like Jeremy Bash in order to create conspiracies around Durham.

Jeremy Bash: “On the face of the pleading — I read it too — it makes no sense. Hillary Clinton’s campaign was over when Donald Trump was inaugurated president, so how could she have had her campaign spying on him while he’s president? It makes no sense.” pic.twitter.com/WWvLmF6F7U

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) February 15, 2022

Hillary Clinton spying on Trump is a perfectly reasonable thing to do. We know for certain that Sussman visited the CIA in February 2017. That tells me that Clinton was looking for ways to win the election. Based on the actions of Clinton and her statements, it is clear that she was looking for a way to show Trump wasn’t legitimately elected. Once she did that, anything was on the table to “fix” the situation. Such a dismissal of Durham’s filing on the grounds it doesn’t make sense is a total farce. All is in order.

In short, don’t let anyone downplay what has been revealed here. It’s a really big deal, and it should be treated as such. It’s even more serious that media have so many problems handwaving the money away. Durham is playing for keeps, and all the press spin in the world isn’t going to save those he indicts.