EDT Monday 'without any additions, redactions, or other modifications.' After reading it over the weekend, Garland sent it to Congress at 2 p.m. “This report does not recommend any wholesale changes in the guidelines and policies that the Department and FBI now have in place to ensure proper conduct and accountability in how counterintelligence activities are carried out,” the report said.ĭurham submitted his report to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday. Durham characterized the report as accurately describing what happened and assisting the department in responding to politically charged allegations in the future. “Based on the review of Crossfire Hurricane and related intelligence activities, we conclude that the Department and the FBI failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law in connection with certain events and activities described in this report,' said the report, released late Monday.īut Durham found no need for wholesale changes at the Justice Department and FBI, which have already overhauled their policies.

WASHINGTON – Justice Department special counsel John Durham sharply criticized the department and FBI for the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election in his final report but said no policy changes were needed after the agencies overhauled their counterintelligence surveillance programs.

But the FBI has overhauled its surveillance program, and Durham recommended no 'wholesale changes in guidelines and policies.'.Durham report: DOJ, FBI 'failed to uphold their important mission' in the 2016 Russia investigation.

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