Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) asked Wray on Thursday if he knew about the timing of a public Durham report, and Wray said that was a question for the special counsel. Durham with which we’re actively cooperating and fully cooperating.” Wray noted that “there is an ongoing investigation by Mr. “The failures highlighted in that report are unacceptable, period,” Wray told the House in February 2020 when discussing Horowitz’s findings, adding that “where there are people who are still left, most of whom are effectively at the line level or at least were at the time of the inspector general report, they’ve been referred to our Office of Professional Responsibility.” Horowitz indicated Auten did not pass along the fact that Danchenko had undermined the dossier when the FBI analyst circulated an intelligence memo on the dossier source in February 2017. Auten was involved in analyzing the dossier, reviewed the Page FISAs in 20, and was among the FBI employees who interviewed Danchenko in January 2017, when the Russian undercut collusion claims. The Justice Department watchdog said FBI interviews with Steele’s alleged main source, Igor Danchenko, "raised significant questions about the reliability" of the dossier.ĭanchenko, a Russian-born lawyer, was charged by Durham with five counts of making false statements to the FBI. Horowitz’s report undermined British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s dossier claims, and the watchdog criticized the Justice Department and the FBI for at least 17 “significant errors and omissions” related to the FISA warrants against Page and for the bureau's “central and essential” reliance on the Steele dossier. Wray said Thursday that he found the whistleblower claims that the FBI had improperly labeled Hunter Biden evidence as disinformation to be “deeply troubling.” Shortly after the referral, Auten was involved with the bureau’s inquiry into the son of now- President Joe Biden, with his August 2020 analysis being used in part to justify the decision to "shut down investigative activity." WRAY FINDS WHISTLEBLOWER ALLEGATIONS ABOUT FBI'S HUNTER BIDEN INVESTIGATION 'DEEPLY TROUBLING'īrian Auten, a supervisory intelligence analyst within the bureau, was referred to the Office of Professional Responsibility following Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s December 2019 report on the Trump-Russia investigation and its use of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act surveillance against Trump campaign associate Carter Page. Wray added: “So that whole process, which is not unusual, has been sort of slowed down to make sure that it doesn’t interfere with the Durham investigation.” “You may wonder why that has not yielded its results yet, and that’s because we are working closely with, cooperating closely with, and assisting the Durham investigation.”
Thom Tillis (R-NC) if anyone at the FBI had been disciplined or fired due to the Trump-Russia investigation. “There are a number of people who are currently in our - what we call our Office of Professional Responsibility, which is our disciplinary arm,” Wray said when asked by Sen. This Week 1 matchup will be the first true test in the spotlight to see who has the early edge in the competition.FBI Director Christopher Wray said disciplinary action against agents involved in the bureau’s Trump-Russia investigation has been “slowed down” due to ongoing cooperation with special counsel John Durham.Īn FBI analyst whose assessment was used to label Hunter Biden evidence as "disinformation" wrongly in 2020, according to whistleblower disclosures, was referred for disciplinary action for his role in Crossfire Hurricane just months before doing so, but Wray confirmed during Senate testimony on Thursday that the process has largely paused. On both sides, an unproven veteran (Geno Smith, Mitch Trubisky) and an unproven youngster (Drew Lock, Kenny Pickett) are squaring off to try and replace a franchise legend (Russell Wilson, Ben Roethlisberger). There aren’t many true quarterback competitions this summer, but this game will feature two clear-cut battles. Plus, his Bills lit the Patriots up for 47 points in his final win as Buffalo offensive coordinator during last year’s playoffs. For the Giants, new head coach Brian Daboll is a former Bill Belichick assistant. On the Patriots’ side, it’ll be a revenge game for quarterbacks coach Joe Judge and safety Jabrill Peppers. This year, the two historic franchises will play in their first exhibition game.
New York and New England have played each other in the preseason finale for the last 16 years. Here are five preseason games to look forward to over the next few weeks: Giants vs. Games are mostly filled with backups and practice squaders, but at least it’s a taste of the real thing. OK, so it’s not really what you want to see. If the Hall of Fame Game wasn’t enough to satisfy your football cravings, there’s some good news: the full preseason slate starts next week.
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