The FBI reacted Monday to a scathing report by Special Counsel John Durham that the Department of Justice and the FBI “failed to live up to their mandate of rigorous adherence to the law” when the law was instituted. Trump and the Russian investigation.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, the agency claimed that “dozens of corrective actions” have already been implemented as a result of the Durham investigation.
“The 2016 and 2017 acts investigated by Special Counsel Durham are reasons why the current FBI leadership has already implemented dozens of corrective actions, which have been in place for some time now. If these reforms had been implemented in 2016, the errors revealed in court could have prevented reporting,” the FBI said.
“This report underscores the importance of the FBI continuing to operate with the rigor, objectivity, and professionalism that the American public rightly expects and expects,” it added.
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Fox obtained Durham’s report Monday afternoon following his years-long investigation into the origins of the original FBI investigation known as “Crossfire Hurricane.” The inquiry investigated whether the Trump campaign worked with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Durham submitted the final report to the Justice Department, which released it on Monday afternoon. His report is over 300 pages long.
“Based on our review of Crossfire Hurricane and related intelligence activities, we The FBI failed in its mission Strict compliance with the law is required with respect to the specific events and activities described in this report,” the report said.
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Durham also found in his own investigation that there was a “significant lack of rigor in the analysis of information received by senior FBI officials, particularly from politically-connected persons and entities.” said to have become
“Some of this information contributed to the trigger and persistence of Crossfire Hurricane and the need for Special Counsel Mueller’s subsequent investigation,” the report said. “In particular, it relied heavily on investigative leads provided or funded (directly or indirectly) by Trump’s political opponents.”
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“The Department failed to adequately investigate or question the motives of these materials and those who provided them, even though the FBI director and others were made aware of material and potentially conflicting information at about the same time,” the report said. ‘ said.