Special Counsel John Durham testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday and got into a tense exchange with Representative Steve Cohen, D-Tn. over negative scrutiny revealed by Durham’s probe into the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.
Rather than spending time questioning the credibility of Durham’s report, Cohen seemed to make a series of veiled threats against him and said that he would suffer reputational damage for getting ‘involved’ with former President Donald Trump.
He began by attacking the Durham report for not producing any criminal convictions and alleging that Durham’s only aim was to ‘hurt’ the Mueller report.
“I’ve tried to follow your report. Mr. Donald Trump, Jr. would’ve called it a nothing burger. You got no convictions; you got nothing! It was all set up to hurt the Mueller report — which was correct and was redacted — to hurt the Bidens and to help Trump.” Cohen said.
The #DurhamReport was a total nothing burger. Both trials ended with acquittals. It was just a calculated attempt to discredit the Mueller Report and politically prop up #Trump. By clinging to it, #Durham risks whatever reputation he has left. pic.twitter.com/ZFdtnknhcU
— Steve Cohen (@RepCohen) June 21, 2023
Cohen then attacked Durham personally, saying that he would suffer reputational damage for producing a report that vindicates Trump, saying that ‘anyone who gets involved with Trump is damaged.’
“And you were a part of it. You have a good reputation. You had a good reputation; that’s why the two Democrats supported you. But the longer you hold onto Mr. Barr and this report that Mr. Barr gave you as special counsel, your reputation will be damaged, as everybody’s reputation who gets involved with Donald Trump is damaged.”
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He continued to lecture Durham, even going so far as to call him ‘damaged goods.’
“He’s damaged goods, there’s no good dealing with him ’cause you will end up on the bottom of a pyre.”
When Committee Chair Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Oh. allowed Durham to respond, Durham hit back at Cohen with an epic response.
“Yeah, my concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect, my family and my Lord, and I’m perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them, sir!” He said.
Jordan complimented the answer, saying, “Well said, God bless you,” while others applauded Durham for his response.
Durham spoke on several other issues during his testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee.
Confirming what other Republican House members have alleged, Durham said that many rank-and-file FBI agents disagreed with how the Crossfire Hurricane investigation was conducted and even apologized to him privately.
“I have had any number of FBI agents who have come to me and apologized for the manner in which that investigation [Crossfire Hurricane] was undertaken.” He said to Representative Mike Johnson, R-La.
House Judiciary Committee John Durham Testimony
.@RepMikeJohnson: "You said that your findings and conclusions are sobering…Why?"
DURHAM: "I have had any number of FBI agents…who have come to me and apologized for the manner in which that investigation [Crossfire Hurricane]… pic.twitter.com/3kdf4RE8II
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) June 21, 2023
Durham also took the opportunity to call out FBI agents who refused to be interviewed by the Committee, such as disgraced FBI agent Peter Strzok and former FBI Director James Comey, saying that many of them ‘had a lot to say’ publicly but wouldn’t speak to the Committee.
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"It is as disappointing, perhaps more disappointing to me and my colleagues, that [Dolan, Danchenko, Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page, etc] would not agree to be interviewed," says Special Counsel Durham.
"Some of them had a lot to say publicly, but they refused to be interviewed." pic.twitter.com/xQ6mVYui9v
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 21, 2023
Comey recently endorsed Biden for President in 2024 and expressed fears that Trump would retaliate against him if he became President again.
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