A split image of James Comey and Donald Trump. (Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images and photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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"What they did was so terrible and so corrupt," Trump told Fox News Digital, referring to those involved in the Trump-Russia probe. "We had a great administration, though."
Former Deputy Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Peter Strzok formally opened the Trump-Russia investigation, known inside the bureau as "Crossfire Hurricane" on July 31, 2016.
Trump fired Comey in May 2017. Days later Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to take over the Crossfire Hurricane probe.
"He is a very corrupt person. He was absolutely a terrible man for what this country stood for," Trump told Fox News Digital.
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FBI Director Kash Patel took to X to say, "Today, your FBI took another step in its promise of full accountability."
"For far too long, previous corrupt leadership and their enablers weaponized federal law enforcement, damaging once proud institutions and severely eroding public trust," Patel wrote. "Every day, we continue the fight to earn that trust back, and under my leadership, this FBI will confront the problem head-on. Nowhere was this politicization of law enforcement more blatant than during the Russiagate hoax, a disgraceful chapter in history we continue to investigate and expose.
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, pictured May 29, 2019, is the latest person to testify in the House Oversight Committee's probe into Jeffrey Epstein. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Durham found that the FBI "failed to act" on a "clear warning sign" that the bureau was the "target" of a Clinton-led effort to "manipulate or influence the law enforcement process for political purposes" ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
"The aforementioned facts reflect a rather startling and inexplicable failure to adequately consider and incorporate the Clinton Plan intelligence into the FBI’s investigative decision-making in the Crossfire Hurricane investigation," Durham’s report states.
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"Indeed, had the FBI opened the Crossfire Hurricane investigation as an assessment and, in turn, gathered and analyzed data in concert with the information from the Clinton Plan intelligence, it is likely that the information received would have been examined, at a minimum, with a more critical eye," the report continued.
John Durham testifies before the House Judiciary committee on Wednesday, June 20, 2023. (Screenshot/HouseJudiciaryCommittee)
Durham, in his report, said the FBI "failed to act on what should have been — when combined with other incontrovertible facts — a clear warning sign that the FBI might then be the target of an effort to manipulate or influence the law enforcement process for political purposes during the 2016 presidential election."
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In an Instagram post on Thursday, Comey acknowledged that he and his family have known for years that there are costs to standing up to President Donald Trump.
"We couldn’t imagine ourselves living any other way," he said. "We will not live on our knees and you shouldn’t."
Fox News' David Spunt contributed to this report.
Brooke Singman is a political correspondent and reporter for Fox News Digital, Fox News Channel and FOX Business.
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