But it is clear notice that if Durham continues down the path he is headed, he may face discovery sanctions down the road. A core tenet of Durham’s conspiracy theories is that the only reason one would use proven cybersecurity methods to test certain hypotheses about Donald Trump would be for malicious political reasons. Here’s the evidence proving these hypotheses true that Durham has withheld in discovery:The researchers were testing whether Richard Burt was a back channel to the Trump campaign. DOJ was still investigating Stone’s possible back channel as a national security concern well after Durham was appointed to undermine that national security investigation by deeming it political. Only after that, then, would Cooper assess a Durham conspiracy theory for which Durham himself admits he doesn’t have proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

Source: The Guardian April 25, 2022 03:32 UTC