FBI lacked evidence for alleged Trump-Russia collusion probe, US Special Counsel finds | ABC News

The FBI lacked evidence to investigate Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and relied too heavily on tips provided by Mr Trump's political opponents to fuel the probe, US Special Counsel John Durham concluded in a report released on Monday. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-1...

The report marks the end of a four-year investigation launched in May 2019 when then-Attorney-General William Barr appointed Mr Durham, a veteran prosecutor, to probe potential missteps by the FBI when it launched its early stage Crossfire Hurricane inquiry into potential contacts between Mr Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Russia.

Mr Durham said there were a series of missteps by the FBI and Justice Department as investigators undertook a politically explosive probe in the heat of the 2016 election into whether the Trump campaign was colluding with Russia to tip the outcome.

But the report fell far short of the former president's prediction he would uncover the "crime of the century".

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