now, setting aside the fact that the defendants were acquitted on all these charges, this idea that the fbi was part of some conspiratorial web to undermine the trump administration, was not even something john durham tried to prove in court. i think that really is the big takeaway. if you look at the investigation began, it was bill barr trying to prove what donald trump has long claimed, that an investigation into him started because a political bias of the fbi, and that he was the victim of a witch hunt. that was the reason that this investigation was begun in the first place, despite the fact that the department of justice inspector general adam investigated these very claims are found that there is no truth to them, but that s why john durham was appointed. he never even brought a charge to try to sustain that case, let alone be successful in court, as you very wisely point out. all of these charges of the fbi being lied to, not the fbi lying about donald trump. from the beginni
durham lost, his defense the the call any witnesses, not one because they did not need to. dom charged the defendant in this case, igor than zhengzhou, of several accounts of lying to the fbi in connection to the trump russia investigation. side note, the fbi was lied to here, which is opposite of the fbi line. during the trial, durham s own fbi witnesses testified to dancing construe fullness, germs on witnesses. in fact, they said that ancient was a model informant, whose information had aided them in dozens of investigations, and they said losing thing zhengzhou as an informant damaged national security. now why did the fbi used engine go as an informant? because trump s attorney general bill barr out of him. to make trump happy, barr ended over sensitive russia investigation documents to, who else? the wheels of justice are turning, senator lindsey
just to lose, but to lose twice. the other remarkable thing about his latest trial is that john not that john durham lost, but the defense didn t call any witnesses, not one, because they didn t need to. the durham charged the defendant in pass case, igor venn chenco of lying to the fbi. side note, again, the fbi was lied to here which is quite the opposite of the fbi lying. anyway, during the trial, durham s own fbi witnesses testified to his truthfulness. durham s own witnesses. in fact, they said that igor was a model informant who aided in dozens of investigations and they said losing dan chenco as an informant, why? because trump s attorney general