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SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 04:01 PM Sep 2020

This is big': Legal experts react to prosecutor's abrupt resignation from John Durham's Russia probe

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/this-is-big-legal-experts-react-to-prosecutors-abrupt-resignation-from-john-durhams-russia-probe/

‘This is big’: Legal experts react to prosecutor’s abrupt resignation from John Durham’s Russia probe
Published 4 mins ago on September 11, 2020By Sky Palma

Nora Dannehy, a federal prosecutor who is a top aide to U.S. Attorney John H. Durham in his Russia investigation, has quietly resigned from the probe, the Hartford Courant reports. Dannehy’s resignation was at least partly out of concern that the investigative team is “being pressed for political reasons to produce a report before its work is done,” her colleagues tell the Courant.

“Durham recruited Dannehy to join his team after he was appointed by Attorney General William Barr more than a year and a half ago to examine the the FBI’s legal justification for a disputed counterintelligence investigation that looked for ties between President Donald J. Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russian efforts to meddle in the election,” the Courant explained.

The move has legal experts on Twitter acknowledging the story as a major development in the case:

Lots of tweets at link. No additional text.
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This is big': Legal experts react to prosecutor's abrupt resignation from John Durham's Russia probe (Original Post) SheltieLover Sep 2020 OP
0. This is big': Legal experts react to prosecutor's abrupt resignation from John Durham's Russia pr FelineOverlord Sep 2020 #1
Ty, FelineOverlord! SheltieLover Sep 2020 #4
Ty, FelineOverlord! FelineOverlord Sep 2020 #19
The Durham 'investigation' smells to high heaven. COLGATE4 Sep 2020 #2
Good it is having light shined on it now to deflate effect! SheltieLover Sep 2020 #5
Would that it were so. But, by the time the 'report' is COLGATE4 Sep 2020 #7
Hoping they keep it front & center to debunk SheltieLover Sep 2020 #8
If they charge Obama for anything I believe it will backfire spectacularly in their faces. Maraya1969 Sep 2020 #11
Absolutely! Cop needs to go SheltieLover Sep 2020 #14
2. The Durham 'investigation' smells to high heaven. FelineOverlord Sep 2020 #12
History is written by the cheaters, Billie? czarjak Sep 2020 #3
He is trying for sure! SheltieLover Sep 2020 #6
Kick dalton99a Sep 2020 #9
Maybe she see's writing on wall that Trump and Barr are going down and wants a career longer ace3csusm Sep 2020 #10
Very likely, in my opinion SheltieLover Sep 2020 #15
No 'ifs' at all. It sounds exactly like Dannehy's not willing to lie for them. Good for her. nt crickets Sep 2020 #17
I agree! SheltieLover Sep 2020 #18
I am keeping my powder dry... TheRealNorth Sep 2020 #13
I'm sort of expecting something like that SheltieLover Sep 2020 #16

FelineOverlord

(3,574 posts)
1. 0. This is big': Legal experts react to prosecutor's abrupt resignation from John Durham's Russia pr
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 04:07 PM
Sep 2020

Just saw this on Twitter!


COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
2. The Durham 'investigation' smells to high heaven.
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 04:07 PM
Sep 2020

It obviously has Barr's slimy hoofprints all over it. Look for this as the "October Surprise" with a report claiming criminal charges against members of the Obama administration.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
7. Would that it were so. But, by the time the 'report' is
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 04:16 PM
Sep 2020

issued MSM will have conveniently forgotten about this little blip and will be working overtime on 'investigative journalism' in pursuit of a horse-race end to the campaign. It used to be the motto that "if it bleeds, it leads". Now it's "if it stinks, it leads".

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
8. Hoping they keep it front & center to debunk
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 04:18 PM
Sep 2020

But with putin's shit show, fires on every front, literally & figuratively.

ace3csusm

(969 posts)
10. Maybe she see's writing on wall that Trump and Barr are going down and wants a career longer
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 04:20 PM
Sep 2020

then 6 months ..Shes not willing to put her license on the line if she has to lie for them..

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
16. I'm sort of expecting something like that
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 05:08 PM
Sep 2020

But, it's difficult for them with this story breaking ***if*** the media will do its damned job and report accurately and fully on it.

I hope this gets lots of mileage in the press!

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