Why Special Counsel Probe of FBI continues: Explained (Correct)

Special counsel John Durham has spent a year longer investigating the origins of the Mueller report than Robert Mueller spent compiling it, filed 34 fewer charges and survived three attorneys general—with no end in sight.

Durham’s probe into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election stayed mostly in the background, at least until this month when he filed what is normally a routine conflict motion involving attorney Michael Sussmann, who is charged with one count of lying to Durham’s team. Although Sussmann waived any claim of conflict, Durham’s 13-page motion laid out a series of events involving people connected to the ...