Former President Donald Trump once said that the special counsel John Durham’s probe into the Russia investigation would uncover “the crime of the century”—a massive conspiracy to defame him and impede his victory in the 2016 election. But the probe ended up being a flop to the dismay of MAGA Republicans.
The much-hyped investigation led by Durham into the origins of the 2016 FBI Trump-Russia report ended with a second trial loss on Tuesday, as Russian analyst Igor Danchenko was acquitted of all remaining charges against him.
The verdict didn’t sit well with Rep. Matt Gaetz, who rushed to Newsmax to express his disappointment.
“Durham has been on this investigation for years, and here we are 0-2, with fewer wins than the Washington generals,” Gaetz said before accusing Durham of “not prosecuting these cases to obtain convictions.”
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“I’ve said for quite some months that Durham is not prosecuting these cases to obtain convictions. I believe the entire purpose of Durham’s work is to cast the FBI as the victim rather than the perpetrator,” Gaetz charged.
He added: “The theme of the Durham prosecutions and indictments is that the FBI was lied to they were victimized, but it’s easy to see why the jury in the Danchenko case was quite confused because you had FBI agents testifying the Danchenko was a double agent. He was working for the Russians, and he was working for us.”
“And that is precisely why he was used to tell lies about President Trump, to try to gaslight delegitimizing the American presidency because the Democrats were election deniers, when Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton. So I have a bit of a different take than some, I don’t think these are sincere prosecutions, I think they exist, to try to whitewash the corrupt actions of the FBI. ”
Watch Gaetz rant below:
I've said for months that John Durham is not prosecuting these cases in the Russia Hoax to obtain convictions.
The entire purpose of Durham's work is to cast the FBI as the victim rather than the perpetrator. pic.twitter.com/geUV3TfYv5
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) October 19, 2022
