Report on Russiagate 'media misconduct' cited as 'new model of freedom of the press'
In 2019, Donald Trump’s Justice Department appointed John Durham to investigate the FBI’s inquiry into the Trump campaign’s relationship with Russia in advance of the 2016 presidential election. Durham, later promoted to special counsel by Attorney General Bill Barr to protect his investigation under President Biden, was granted access to likely hundreds of thousands of documents pertaining to Trump’s communication with Russian operatives, the federal government’s interactions with Russia, and the FBI’s investigation thereof. Like the Mueller investigation before it, Durham’s rep...