John Durham Changes Jobs

For John, BLUF:  This looks bad, but it isn't.  However, it does kick the issue down the road.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Breaking:  Special counsel John Durham abruptly announces his resignation from the US Attorney's office

Here is the sub-headline:

Durham will reportedly continue his investigation into 'Crossfire Hurricane'

From The Blaze, by Reporter Carlos Garcia, 26 February 2021.

Here is the lede plus three:

Special counsel John Durham, the U.S. attorney appointed to investigate the origins of the Russia collusion and election interference probe, abruptly announced Friday that he would resign from the U.S. Attorney's office.

Durham released an official announcement saying he would resign effective at midnight Sunday.

"My career has been as fulfilling as I could ever have imagined when I graduated from law school way back in 1975," Durham said in the statement.

While Durham will resign from the office, he will reportedly continue in his work investigating whether the FBI's operation to uncover Russian collusion with the Trump campaign was politically motivated.  Former President Trump has claimed that the probe named "Crossfire Hurricane" was an improper and illegal abuse of power by former President Barack Obama to target his political opponents.

All of the US Federal Attorneys were asked to resign as of the end of February.  That would include Federal Attorney Durham.  However, US Attonrey General William Barr made Mr Durham a "Special Counsel", giving him a continuing appointment.

That does not mean that we will eventually have a readout of what happened under operation CROSSFIRE HURRICANE.  The Special Counsel reports to the Attorney General, who will likely be Merrick Garland.  That is the point at which politics could reenter the situation.

Let us hope not.

Regards  —  Cliff