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Some Comments on the Statement of U.S. Attorney John H. Durham: "...we do not agree with some of the report’s conclusions as to predication and how the FBI case was opened." of Monday, December 9, 2019

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_______________________________________________________________ Statement of U.S. Attorney John H. Durham:  "...we do not agree with some of the report’s conclusions as to predication and how the FBI case was opened." -  Monday, December 9, 2019 _____________________________ Post Link -  7:26 PM 12/28/2019 M.N.: This, above, is the main point of the statement, and we should not read anything more that this or less than this there.  So far we do not have any coherent story or explanation, why and how this whole "hullabaloo" (and by this I mean the elections of D. Trump as the US President) started, and what and who were behind it, including and starting with Mr. Trump's sudden political success after Paul Manafort became his campaing manager. Most amazingly, Manafort continued his de facto management after he was fired, almost up to the time of his arrest. It is very unlikely, that Trump would be elected, if not for Manafort, who did two things,

John Durham: "Nobody in this country is above the law, an FBI agent or otherwise..." - 6:21 AM 5/15/2019

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"Nobody in this country is above the law, an FBI agent or otherwise..." -  6:21 AM 5/15/2019 Because of his limited public comments, it’s difficult to ascertain much about Durham’s prosecutorial philosophy when it comes to public corruption. In 2001, he urged reporters to talk to other people involved in the Boston mob case, not him. In 2002, he issued a brief statement after Connolly’s conviction, saying, “Nobody in this country is above the law, an FBI agent or otherwise, and ultimately the ends do not justify the means.” But in 2018, he gave  a rare speech at the University of St. Joseph . In the process of recounting the Boston mob case, he spoke to the pitfalls and the “two-edged sword” of informants. “The damage that can be done when law enforcement or prosecutors misuse these tools is difficult to overstate,” he said. “And we unfortunately have seen it in some recent instances.” Now Durham is charged with figuring out whether that applies here. John D