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February 19, 2022

Capitol police considering constructing temporary fence around Capitol ahead of the State of the Union

U.S. Capitol Police are bracing for a potential "Freedom Convoy" truck protest to Washington D.C. for President Biden's State of the Union address on March 1 and considering temporary fencing around the Capitol to prepare.

February 17, 2022

Durham says 'no basis' to strike 'factual background' from filing, denies intent to 'politicize' Sussmann case

Special Counsel John Durham, responding to Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann’s motion to have the court “strike” the “factual background” section from his latest filing. Durham denied that he “intentionally sought to politicize” the case, but instead, included “additional factual detail” that he argued is “central to proving" Sussmann's “alleged criminal conduct.”

February 17, 2022

Top Clinton campaign officials silent on Durham findings

Top Hillary Clinton campaign officials have been noticeably silent following new claims by Special Counsel John Durham, who is investigating the origins of the FBI's Trump-Russia probe.

February 17, 2022

Clinton campaign lawyer Sussmann files motion to dismiss Durham prosecution

Attorneys for Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann filed a motion Thursday to dismiss the case against him in Special Counsel John Durham's investigation, claiming a case of "extraordinary prosecutorial overreach."

February 17, 2022

Durham probe: Russiagate isn't Watergate – here are key differences

What the Clinton operatives were pushing the FBI, and later the CIA, to do was political spying. That is indeed scandalous. But the incident brings into sharp relief the flaw in Watergate comparisons.

February 17, 2022

Durham probe: 46 Republican senators urge DOJ to remain independent

Special Counsel John Durham must have prosecutorial independence and all the resources necessary to complete his investigation into the origins of the Russia probe, GOP senators told DOJ Wednesday.

February 17, 2022

Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos slams original Russia probe as 'master class in deception'

Former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, reacting to Special Counsel John Durham’s latest filing, told Fox News in an exclusive interview that the original Trump-Russia probe was about “manufacturing a situation” around Donald Trump and his associates in an effort to tie them to the Kremlin, calling activities surrounding the origins of the investigation a “masterclass in deception.”

February 16, 2022

Hillary Clinton reacts to Durham filing, says Trump, Fox News 'desperately spinning up a fake scandal'

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reacted to Special Counsel John Durham’s latest filing, criticizing former President Trump and Fox News for “desperately spinning up a fake scandal to distract from his real ones.”

February 16, 2022

An era of endless debates, from Ukraine to vaccines to Russiagate

The Ukraine standoff is like so many other media and political controversies these days that seem to drag on roughly forever.

February 16, 2022

Durham probe: Media suddenly develops 'laryngitis' after years of pushing Trump-Russia collusion, critics say

The media spent years fixated on alleged collusion between Trump and Russia. Court filings for Special Counsel John Durham have been largely ignored at the same time.