By Jerry Dunleavy, Justice Department Reporter | September 09, 2020
U.S. Attorney John Durham has secured one guilty plea so far, and pressure is building on the Justice Department not to break with policy and take any action that would disrupt the presidential contest with less than two months to go until Election Day.
Barr told NBC News's Pete Williams on Wednesday that he's "not gonna characterize exactly where" Durham is in his investigation, according to a transcript cited by CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge. When pressed on whether there will be further criminal charges, Barr replied, “I wouldn't say that at all, no," adding, “there could be.”
On the question of whether the public will hear anything about the Durham report before the election, Barr shot back, “I'm not gonna get into that either.”
This was Barr buttoned up like he rarely has been over the past few months, during which he has repeatedly shared his thoughts and teased developments related to the so-called "investigation into the investigators."
The attorney general has said the two main goals of Durham’s investigation are sussing out the truth and exploring possible criminal charges. Only one person, Kevin Clinesmith, has been indicted in Durham’s inquiry so far. The former FBI lawyer, who played a role in both the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's improper private email server and into the Trump-Russia saga, pleaded guilty to a false statements charge for fraudulently altering a CIA email to state that former Trump campaign associate Carter Page was “not a source,” when he had, in fact, been an operational contact for the agency.......To Read More.....
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