After a two-year investigation by a Trump administration prosecutor charged with undermining and discrediting the FBI’s probe into alleged ties between former president Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government has ended after four years and just a single criminal conviction, a report on the findings of that investigation found that the FBI was justified to open a preliminary probe into the matter.
The report by Special Counsel John Durham was the culmination of a four-year investigation into possible misconduct by U.S. government officials. In the nearly 300-page document, Mr Durham leveled withering criticism against the FBI but offered little new information and few significant revelations. Nonetheless, it will give fodder to Trump supporters who have long denounced the Russia investigation, as well as Trump opponents who say the Durham team's meager court record shows their probe was politically motivated.
