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According to documents filed by Durhams team and other published reports, which serve as the basis for the factual assertions in this Legal Memorandum, the effort was funded, approved, and briefed to the highest level of the Clinton campaign. He believed the British Parliament should give the colonies more power by a responsible government. The WSJ report cited anonymous sources. <>/Metadata 531 0 R/ViewerPreferences 532 0 R>> The Report was highly controversial. 6/7 - Durham Tech Installs Fifth President J.B. Buxton O. It was also pointed out that an uprising had occurred in Upper Canada where there was only one "race". Report: 1. Other key witnesses, such as Rodney Joffe, have asserted their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to avoid providing information to Durham and his investigators. His team drew upon a long tradition of petitioning and the example of political activism in Britain. That, of course, didn't happen. 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The entire mistrust which the two races have thus learned to conceive of each other's intentions, induces them to put the worst construction on the most innocent conduct; to judge every word, every act, and every intention unfairly; to attribute the most odious designs, and reject every overture of kindness or fairness, as covering secret designs of treachery and malignity. @B@1a`6@6Fy KLG.0.`aS T: # mzXL-;?A(3| FbJLKX?%=Thpia`x@Q{AA!Q%*i@>q@a;jsv|}\: 0 endstream endobj 733 0 obj 498 endobj 684 0 obj << /Type /Page /Parent 680 0 R /Resources << /ColorSpace << /CS2 693 0 R /CS3 689 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS2 723 0 R /GS3 724 0 R >> /Font << /TT5 688 0 R /TT6 690 0 R /TT7 695 0 R /TT8 697 0 R /C2_1 709 0 R /TT9 708 0 R >> /XObject << /Im1 715 0 R >> /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageC ] >> /Contents [ 699 0 R 701 0 R 703 0 R 705 0 R 711 0 R 713 0 R 716 0 R 729 0 R ] /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /CropBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Rotate 0 /StructParents 0 /Annots 685 0 R >> endobj 685 0 obj [ 686 0 R 687 0 R ] endobj 686 0 obj << /Type /Annot /Subtype /Link /Rect [ 271.79999 278.55609 388.00562 294.32385 ] /Border [ 0 0 0 ] /H /I /A 730 0 R /StructParent 1 >> endobj 687 0 obj << /Type /Annot /Subtype /Link /Rect [ 264.05994 95.13617 416.72458 110.90393 ] /Border [ 0 0 0 ] /H /I /A 731 0 R /StructParent 2 >> endobj 688 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /TrueType /FirstChar 32 /LastChar 146 /Widths [ 250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 333 333 0 0 0 333 250 278 0 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 0 333 0 0 0 0 500 0 722 0 722 722 667 611 778 778 389 0 778 667 944 722 778 611 0 722 556 667 0 0 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 556 444 556 444 333 500 556 278 333 556 278 833 556 500 556 556 444 389 333 556 500 722 500 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 333 ] /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding /BaseFont /JCKDBC+TimesNewRoman,Bold /FontDescriptor 694 0 R >> endobj 689 0 obj /DeviceGray endobj 690 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /TrueType /FirstChar 32 /LastChar 116 /Widths [ 250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 250 0 250 0 500 500 0 0 500 0 0 0 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 667 0 667 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 889 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 722 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 0 444 500 444 333 500 556 278 0 500 0 0 556 500 0 0 0 0 278 ] /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding /BaseFont /JCKDDM+TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic /FontDescriptor 691 0 R >> endobj 691 0 obj << /Type /FontDescriptor /Ascent 891 /CapHeight 0 /Descent -216 /Flags 98 /FontBBox [ -547 -307 1206 1032 ] /FontName /JCKDDM+TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic /ItalicAngle -15 /StemV 133 /FontFile2 718 0 R >> endobj 692 0 obj << /Type /FontDescriptor /Ascent 891 /CapHeight 656 /Descent -216 /Flags 34 /FontBBox [ -568 -307 2028 1007 ] /FontName /JCKDGH+TimesNewRoman /ItalicAngle 0 /StemV 94 /XHeight 0 /FontFile2 720 0 R >> endobj 693 0 obj [ /ICCBased 722 0 R ] endobj 694 0 obj << /Type /FontDescriptor /Ascent 891 /CapHeight 656 /Descent -216 /Flags 34 /FontBBox [ -558 -307 2034 1026 ] /FontName /JCKDBC+TimesNewRoman,Bold /ItalicAngle 0 /StemV 160 /XHeight 0 /FontFile2 719 0 R >> endobj 695 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /TrueType /FirstChar 32 /LastChar 226 /Widths [ 250 333 0 0 0 0 0 0 333 333 0 0 250 333 250 278 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 278 278 0 0 0 444 0 722 667 667 722 611 556 722 722 333 0 0 611 889 722 722 556 722 667 556 611 722 0 944 0 722 0 0 0 0 0 500 0 444 500 444 500 444 333 500 500 278 278 500 278 778 500 500 500 500 333 389 278 500 500 722 500 500 444 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 333 444 444 0 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 444 ] /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding /BaseFont /JCKDGH+TimesNewRoman /FontDescriptor 692 0 R >> endobj 696 0 obj 539 endobj 697 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /TrueType /FirstChar 32 /LastChar 146 /Widths [ 250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 250 0 250 0 500 500 0 0 500 0 0 0 500 0 333 0 0 0 0 0 0 611 611 667 722 611 0 0 0 333 0 0 556 833 667 722 0 0 611 0 556 722 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 500 444 500 444 278 500 500 278 0 444 278 722 500 500 500 0 389 389 278 500 444 667 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 333 ] /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding /BaseFont /JCKDJD+TimesNewRoman,Italic /FontDescriptor 698 0 R >> endobj 698 0 obj << /Type /FontDescriptor /Ascent 891 /CapHeight 656 /Descent -216 /Flags 98 /FontBBox [ -498 -307 1120 1023 ] /FontName /JCKDJD+TimesNewRoman,Italic /ItalicAngle -15 /StemV 83.31799 /FontFile2 727 0 R >> endobj 699 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 696 0 R >> stream The Durham investigation indicates a coordinated effort by the Clinton campaign to disseminate false allegations against Donald Trump to win the 2016 election. Durhams indictment of Michael Sussmann and other court filings reveal how senior members of Hillary Clintons 2016 presidential campaign formed a joint venture with lawyers, opposition researchers, foreign nationals, and computer data analysts to produce false opposition research against then-candidate Donald Trump and aggressively disseminated that disinformation to reporters, the FBI, and others. 2 0 obj PDF Office ofthe Attorney General - The New York Times That has been irrevocably done; and the experiment of depriving the people of their present constitutional power, is not to be thought of. DA Deberry will present the 2021 Annual Report virtually on Wednesday, February 16, at 6 p.m. Members of the public can view the presentation and submit questions on the Durham DA's Office . Unravelling all of the major and minor players in Hillary for Americas disinformation campaign is daunting. A lock ( Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. In May 2019, then-Attorney General William Barr assigned federal prosecutor John Durham to investigate the origins of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBIs) 2016 investigation into alleged collusion between the presidential campaign of Donald Trump and Russia, an investigation given the code name Crossfire Hurricane.REF For the purpose of protecting the investigation and providing additional independence to Durham, in October 2020, Barr formally appointed Durham as a special counsel charged to. The report of Durham was laid before Parliament in London on 11 February 1839. ", Newbould, I. D. C. "Lord Durham, the Whigs and Canada, 1838: The Background to Durham's Return", Smith, William. Olga Galkina. t]dKeX)Q\tO=4{yG h[#fF _KQ/PUg8Iizs(Ni:g7a=|5;6Xv\+P j PDF United States District Court for The District of Columbia United States Special Counsels Office The full story may never be known. Lord Durham found that although the rebellions of Upper and Lower Canada were over, peace and unity were yet to be found in Canada. Lord Durham's Report, 1839 - University of Victoria Galkina was (perhaps unknowingly)REF a source who provided a great deal of information to Danchenko that was ultimately reported in the Steele Dossier. Elias also served as general counsel to both Hillary for America and the DNC during the 2016 election cycle.REF Michael Sussmann was also a partner at the Perkins Coie law firm during the relevant time period, specializing in privacy and cybersecurity law. John Durham Sussmann filing 2/11/22 - DocumentCloud Indeed, Fusion GPSs office in Washington, D.C., became something of a public reading room for journalists who were looking for information about Trump.REF According to published reports, Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch aggressively shopped the false opposition research: Fusion GPS pressured reporters at several media outlets to publish the false Alfa-Bank disinformation. The Durham Investigation: A Primer | The Heritage Foundation Among other items that were ultimately reported in the Steele Dossier, Galkina was Danchenkos source for the allegations that Michael Cohen met with Russian officials in Prague in August or September 2016 and that Carter Page met with Igor Diveykin, a senior Kremlin officialan allegation later cited by the FBI in its FISA application to surveil Page.REF. Marc Elias was a partner at the Perkins Coie law firm and the lead attorney for Hillary for America at the firm. Official websites use .gov 0000011210 00000 n 170/03. the details, and results of air quality monitoring for 2021 at o1.J,s/aQ)Xd6! In Upper Canada and Lower Canada, he formed numerous committees with essentially all the opponents of the Patriotes and made numerous personal observations on life in the colonies. The caller should first state they are on Duke Campus and then state the building name. In mid-October, Fritsch e-mailed Mark Hosenball, a reporter at Reuters, to do the [expletive] alfa bank secret comms storyit is hugely important.REF Fritsch also pushed the Alfa-Bank story on Matthew Mosk at ABC News, telling him dude this is huge in an e-mail.REF, Fritsch found a more eager reporter in Franklin Foer of Slate. 0000017586 00000 n endstream endobj 69 0 obj <>/Metadata 9 0 R/Pages 65 0 R/StructTreeRoot 18 0 R/Type/Catalog>> endobj 70 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageC]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/Tabs/S/Type/Page>> endobj 71 0 obj <>stream After these doubts were expressed about any connection between the Trump organization and Russia, Lorenzen suggested that such a connection could be faked. As related by Durham: Despite their knowledge that the Russian Bank Data was a red herring and that there were no secret communications channel, Joffe, Lorenzen, Dagon, Antonakakis, and Sussmann drafted a white paper touting the Alfa-Bank disinformation. 0000017026 00000 n V:I LORD DURHAM'S REPORT, 1839 Lord Durham spent only five months in the Canadas and less than two weeks in Upper Canada. Special Counsel Robert Muellers report mentions the Prague allegation only in the context that Cohen denied that a such a meeting ever took place.REF The name of Igor Diveykin does not even appear in Muellers report. Have a question about Government Services? endstream endobj 74 0 obj <>stream The Durham investigation concluded that Danchenkos claims regarding a mysterious phone call from an anonymous source were fictional: Unfortunately for Trump campaign advisor Carter Page, the FBI utilized Danchenkos allegations in Steele Dossier Report 2016/095 as the basis for obtaining four separate Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants to conduct covert surveillance on Page.REF, Danchenkos other alleged lies to the FBI concerned his communications with various other sub-sources from which Danchenko gathered information that he passed on to Steele. "[4] and called the French Canadians "a people with no literature and no history".[5]. I definitely would not take the job under Trump.REF, After receiving the Russian Bank Data from Lorenzen in the summer of 2016, Joffe shared the data with Sussmann, with whom he had a prior attorney-client relationship.REF Thereafter, Joffe, with the knowledge and support of Sussmann and Elias, enlisted alliesLorenzen, two Internet companies in which Joffe had an interest, and two researchers at Georgia Tech Universityto conduct research concerning Trump.REF, As alleged by Durham, Joffe used his access at multiple organizations to gather and mine public and non-public Internet data regarding Trump and his associates, with the goal of creating a narrative regarding the candidates ties to Russia.REF Within this context, Joffe stated that he was working with someone who had close ties to the Democratic Party and to Hillary Clinton.REF For his part, Sussmann billed his time on the Alfa-Bank disinformation projectwhat he termed a confidential project in his billing recordsto Hillary for America.REF, As part of the project, Joffe tasked employees at two Internet companiesreferred to by Durham as Internet Company-2 and Internet Company-3to search and analyze their holdings of public and non-public internet data for derogatory information on Trump.REF As part of that tasking, Joffe e-mailed Internet Company-3 a Trump Associates List containing the names, home addresses, personal e-mail addresses, and other information regarding six people connected to Trump.REF According to Durham, personnel at Internet Company-3 were uncomfortable utilizing the companys data in such an inappropriate manner, but they complied with the taskingbecause [Joffe] was a powerful figure.REF Employees at Internet Company-3 subsequently provided Joffe with a report containing technical observations that Joffe later provided to Sussmann.REF, Joffe retired from Neustar at or around the time that the Sussmann indictment was made public.REF He has refused to cooperate or provide testimony to Durham, going so far as to plead his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination when called to testify before Durhams grand jury.REF, Manos Antonakakis and David Dagon (Georgia Tech). 0000090558 00000 n \_2qiWo|K{mBh I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 1, 2021. While the general contours of Hillary for Americas opposition research efforts during the 2016 election period have been reported in the press and have been the subject of congressional and inspector general investigations, many new details have been uncovered by Durhams investigation and revealed in federal indictments relating to former Perkins Coie attorney Michael Sussmann and former Brookings Institution policy analyst Igor Danchenko. View the Durham Police Department Promise (PDF) View the Durham Police Department General Orders (PDF) 0000001907 00000 n Hillary for America. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS 0000006388 00000 n 0000093522 00000 n As was the case with other significant Steele Dossier allegations, no evidence has arisen to indicate that either the CohenPrague or PageDiveykin meetings ever took place. The report was entitled "Report on the Affairs of British North America". In the long run, it advanced democracy and played a central role in the evolution of Canada's political independence from Britain.[3]. HdRFIQI[Zv,w89|T iW;~a/Az [+;(&q#;%e\G'Ys>)DaW.%Yu7vsta(7yYnrmT>,|z)2S 2 0000006621 00000 n "The influence of the Durham Report." The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. The actions alleged in these indictments should be condemned so that they are never repeated by any political campaign in the future. Responsible government was only granted to these colonies after 1848.[13]. In an effort to further increase public aware- ness of Soviet active measures, the FBI has provided me with an update of its 1983 report on Soviet active measures operations here in the United States. I received your voicemail asking for a status of your request for a copy of the Durham Report Executive Summary. It moved Canada slowly on the path to "responsible government" (that is, self-government), which took a decade. Russian National Indicted for Making False Statements to the FBI, Grand Jury Indicts D.C. Attorney with Making False Statements to the FBI in 2016 Regarding Alleged Communications Between Trump Organization and Russian Bank. Poor farming conditions that year led to reduced harvests and increased poverty for farmers. While opposition research will continue to be a standard part of political campaigns, the actions taken by the Clinton campaign should be condemned in order never to be repeated. ", David R. Cameron, "Lord Durham Then and Now", Last edited on 13 December 2022, at 11:26, Russia investigation origins counter-narrative Durham investigation, History of the Insurrection in Canada in refutation of the report of Lord Durham, Declaration of Independence of Lower Canada, Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham, Durham, 1839: "Report on the Affairs of British North America", bound with several appendices that do not appear on this particular link, "Durham Report | The Canadian Encyclopedia", Lambton, John George, 1st Earl of Durham, in the, Report on the Affairs of British North America, "Critical Review of Sir Francis Heads Narrative and of Lord Durhams Report", "Lord Durham's Report on the Affairs of British North America, Volume 2: Text of the Report", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durham_Report&oldid=1127194272, that Upper and Lower Canada be united into one province, and, the introduction of responsible government for all colonies in British North America, Brown, George W. "The Durham Report and the Upper Canadian Scene. download 1 file . 0000010649 00000 n Since the Court has an independent interest in investigating potential conflicts, see Wheat, 486 U.S. at 161, the Court retains "substantial latitude in refusing waivers of conflicts of 1993 City Council Meeting Minutes: August 12, 2021 Back in April of 2019, Attorney General William Barr appointed John Durham to look into how the FBI investigated whether or not the Trump campaign colluded with Russian officials. (alterations in original) (quoting Wheat, 486 U.S. at 161). Whatever Durham uncovers, the Clinton campaignincluding Hillary Clinton and her foreign policy advisor, Jake Sullivantouted the fabricated Alfa-Bank allegation in the days leading up to the 2016 election. A locked padlock That is particularly the case when, as here, Hillary Clintons political operation retained a law firm in an attempt to provide legal cover for the campaigns opposition research efforts. In June, it appeared in Canada in Ludger Duvernay's La Revue canadienne as Histoire de l'insurrection du Canada en rfutation du Rapport de Lord Durham (History of the insurrection of Canada in refutation of the Report of Lord Durham). <> Lorenzen began carefully keeping logs of the Trump servers DNS [domain name system] activity and circulated the data in periodic batches to colleagues in the cybersecurity world.REF Lorenzens datareferred to by Durham as the Russian Bank Datapurported to show the existence of a secret channel of communications between the Trump Organization and Alfa-Bank.REF One of the colleagues Lorenzen provided the Internet data to was Rodney Joffe.REF, Rodney Joffe (Neustar, Inc.). Durham, appointed by then-Attorney General William Barr to lead a review into the Russia investigation, made the claim in his investigation that brought charges against an FBI attorney and former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussman, who is currently charged with making a false statement to a federal agent. Its major recommendation, responsible government, originated with the Baldwins and other moderate reformers rather than with . Manos told Joffe that his findings do not make much sense with the storyline you have.REF. It is one thing to dredge up a political candidates youthful indiscretions or shady financial dealings, but it is quite another to fabricate false and sensational allegations, present them to the FBI as fact, and serve them up to a willing media in the weeks leading up to Election Day. Simpson and Fritsch did so both with regard to the Steele Dossier and the Alfa-Bank allegations, both of which have proven to be unsubstantiated, if not entirely fabricated. This paper summarizes Special Counsel Durhams findings to date regarding just some of the actions taken by key players in Hillary for Americas 2016 disinformation campaign against Trump. 0000007890 00000 n The Report on the Affairs of British North America,[1] (1839) commonly known as the Durham Report or Lord Durham's Report, is an important document in the history of Quebec, Ontario, Canada and the British Empire. Publication date 1912 . The 'Durham Report': Special counsel court filing stirs up accusations John Durham Sussmann filing 2/11/22 Contributed by CNN Digital (CNN) p. 1. The parallel nature of government organization in Australia and Canada to this day . The assertion that the so-called "French" Canadians had no history and no culture and that the conflict was primarily that of two ethnic groups evidently outraged Papineau. 0000008542 00000 n 0000017608 00000 n HtUM0WpVu=q_U+J\J'qlK7o^ ,xpM!f,?MP8hc=W bQ3j]z9E3W*TO9BairKA :"F8=u~ZxAR*yt'ut>W (i26N/w26z?pd%`ZM$Nt}u *BP)A[ykB&s7C7;OlCZ9CL}m#un\n!KRr=8e^72("QeNd76F!)`6aH+C@^(=K`W%? 0000128256 00000 n 68 0 obj <> endobj Attached is correspondence from the Department of Justice's Office of Information Policy, which is associated with the above-referenced Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Department of Justice, Subject: Your FOIA Request FOIA-2021-01633. Q @$F0 b`5 B D( 6= q27@ &^ # ", Martin, Ged. z($Pl4p7QG5P/XB0hY,@b5=!p1 h?^$.m]rV26xj# ynMpOY]whozF- ;4#Jo}) pQyas&f|_B\e"HM3U? The information herein is taken largely from indictments and other court filings in the cases filed against Michael Sussmann and Igor Danchenko. endstream endobj 75 0 obj <>stream Archive Center Durham, NC CivicEngage "Lord Durham and the British Background of His Report. ( NewsNation Now) A court filing submitted late last week by John Durham, the special counsel investigating the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, has been creating buzz in Washington over the last few days, especially among conservatives.

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