On Friday Republicans said the newly disclosed Justice Department inquiry could shore up the president’s longstanding claim that the Mueller investigation was a “witch hunt” based on “fake news”. The Justice Department did not respond to requests for comment. Mueller ruled that those activities did not rise to the level of a criminal conspiracy. Marcy Wheeler, an independent journalist who has studied deeply the Russia investigation, said Durham could be honing in on procedural errors or leaks in the early days of the Russia probe. “But at least thus far, Durham has spent six months without corroborating the main conspiracy theories about the investigation.”The investigation comes as the impeachment probe in Congress gains momentum and could see formal impeachment articles presented before the end of the year.

Source: The Express Tribune October 26, 2019 06:00 UTC