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Why No Durham Activity Before Election — Likely The Interview of Agent William Barnett
Posted at 4:30 pm on September 27, 2020 by Shipwreckedcrew
It was reported earlier here on Red State that on this morning’s Fox News show with Maria Bartiromo, she said her sources — which have been pretty good — are telling her there will be no Durham Report or indictments prior to the election.
This may turn out to be true or not true — we’ll know soon enough.
But this report follows many hints and suggestions over the past few months that US Attorney Durham would act in the late summer/early fall time frame — including statements made to that effect by Attorney General William Barr himself. He’s been fully briefed by Durham about the nature and progress of the investigation, and what has been found so far. And consistent with what AG Barr said publicly just days before it happened, former FBI Attorney Kevin Clinesmith was charged and pled guilty in connection with his actions on the Carter Page investigation.
If Bartiromo’s report this morning is accurate, then something has changed. What might that be? I think I have a pretty solid guess.
AG Barr sent US Attorney Jeffrey Jensen on a “recon” mission to look more closely at the handling of the Special Counsel’s prosecution of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. I do not believe that either AG Barr or US Attorney Jensen were prepared for what Jensen would eventually uncover regarding the “political” calculations that were behind the Flynn investigation in the first instance, and the Flynn prosecution after the SCO took over. What Jensen found has kicked into high gear an investigation that I think is nearly as important to AG Barr as is the Durham investigation into the origins of the Russia Hoax investigation launched against Pres. Trump and his campaign.
I think “Priority 1A” for AG Barr is a hard look at the conduct of the Special Counsel’s Office. The interview of Special Agent William Barnett, the original case agent on the Flynn and Manafort investigations begun in August 2016, took place only 10 days ago. That interview was done by US Attorney Jensen, not Durham. But that interview covered events from the beginning of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation to a point beyond the entry of a guilty plea by General Flynn — Barnett discusses interviews done with General Flynn after he pled guilty.
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So why have Durham hold off? Something triggered the decision by AG Barr to have US Attorney Jensen interview Agent Barnett. Maybe it was nothing more than the desire to lay more facts in front of Judge Sullivan in support of the DOJ motion to dismiss the case against Gen. Flynn. If so, I think AG Barr and US Attorney Jensen — and Durham — were shocked in some measure by the views expressed by Agent Barnett.
On Twitter I said that Agent Barnett is a saavy and experienced Bureau actor. He’s spent 18 years as a working “brick agent” which means that was by choice. He was personally selected by Joe Pietka — the Supervisory Special Agent over all of Crossfire Hurricane in the early days — to lead both the Flynn and Manafort investigations. He was personally solicited by Peter Strzok to join the SCO investigation after Mueller was appointed even after he indicated he was not interested in being part of the investigation any further.
He’s the kind of veteran agent I met many times over 22 years with DOJ, who would respond to an interview request like the one he recevied from US Attorney Jensen by saying “Are you saying you want to know what I REALLY think about the CH investigation? You want my honest opinion? You’re sure about that? Ok, write this down… ” — and then he unloaded.
He was told he was only a witness — yet he had an attorney attend the interview with him. He knew what he was going to say was going to be of that magnitude given everything he’s watched unfold since AG Barr took over DOJ.
Realize that the Memorandum of his interview filed with Judge Sullivan and given to Gen. Flynn’s defense counsel does not reflect everything that Agent Barnett discussed in his interview. Almost all the subjects in the publicly released Memorandum have to do with Gen. Flynn and the Crossfire Razor investigation of him. What else Agent Barnett had to say is hidden away in another Memorandum known only to the investigators.
Because that information covers events both before and after the naming of Robert Mueller as Special Counsel, the information impacts the investigations of both Durham and Jensen. The interview took place only 10 days ago.
The reported change in plans with regard to actions by Durham is likely linked to what Agent Barnett had to say — and where that information might take Durham now.
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https://www.redstate.com/shipwreckedcrew/2020/09/27/my-guess-as-to-why-there-might-be-no-durham-activity-before-election-interview-of-agent-william-barnett/