Conservative watchdog: No evidence that John Durham is conducting a 'serious criminal investigation'

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By Daniel Chaitin

A conservative watchdog is fed up with the pace of United States Attorney John Durham's inquiry into the Russia investigation with roughly 70 days before Election Day.

Tom Fitton, the president of Judicial Watch, shared his grievances Monday with Fox Business host Lou Dobbs, lamenting how he sees no activity to suggest an escalation in a criminal investigation. So far, Durham has secured only one plea deal from a former FBI lawyer who fraudulently altered a CIA email to obtained renewed court permission to wiretap a former Trump campaign aide.

He made his point by noting how Durham's team only just interviewed former CIA Director John Brennan on Friday, after which a longtime aide said the Obama administration intelligence chief was told he is not a "subject or target" of a criminal investigation and former FBI Director James Comey insisted that he "can't imagine" being a target of the inquiry.

"It's been, what, 16-plus months since Durham was appointed, and only now is he questioning Mr. Brennan? And, you know, I think Mr. Brennan is probably calling it right," Fitton said. "I hope he's wrong that he isn't a target. I think Comey believes he isn't a target."

Fitton said the former officials might think otherwise if a "serious investigative approach" was more evident.

"I'm not seeing it. I don't see grand juries operating. I don't see a bunch of witnesses coming in. I don't see lawyers ... complaining about their clients being brought in before Durham," he said.

Fitton said Durham's effort does not look like a "serious criminal investigation" in the same way that former special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation did, although he stressed that one was "corrupted" because, during Mueller's inquiry, it was obvious when the government was pressuring witnesses and subjects.

Fitton finished his point by saying he doesn't believe this is because Durham is being careful, but rather, the federal prosecutor is "not doing the work."

Dobbs responded by saying Fitton's explanation of events makes Durham's investigation sound like a "sham."

Another person closely watching Durham's work is former U.S. Attorney Joe diGenova, who said in a WMAL radio interview on Monday that he thinks Brennan is now a witness against Comey.

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