Quote (IceMage @ Oct 14 2022 07:55pm)
https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1581007883914792961When Durham was chosen to investigate the investigators of Russiagate, most people I read thought it was a good choice, as he had a reputation for integrity.
But Bill Barr had a similar reputation pre-Trump, and look what he became. I think Durham's brain was probably poisoned with right-wing media(like Bill Barr) and he's now shown himself to be ineffective and kind of an embarrassment.
https://nypost.com/2022/10/14/judge-in-durham-trial-drops-igor-danchenko-steele-dossier-charge/Quote
The judge ruled in court on Friday, the fourth day of Danchenko’s trial, that the charge was too weak to send to the jury, Fox News reported.
Durham’s indictment argues that Danchenko “stated falsely that he had never communicated with” Dolan about allegations in the dossier, while “in truth and in fact, and as Danchenko well knew, Danchenko sourced one or more specific allegations” in the dossier anonymously to Dolan.
Judge Trenga agreed with Danchenko’s defense team that the defendant did not “literally” talk to Dolan about anything in the dossier, but that he rather communicated over email about claims that ended up in the Democrat-funded anti-Trump report.
Because the email exchange was written, it did not meet the standard definition of the word “talked,” the judge ruled.
that's quite the technicality. although i was certain "communicated" covered more than verbal speech.
This post was edited by tagged4nothing on Oct 14 2022 08:47pm