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A CIA review of the 2016 Russia election probe found no major flaws, confirming that U.S. intelligence agencies had high confidence that Russia aimed to help Trump, with the Senate Intelligence Committee also finding no significant issues in the assessment and noting that disagreements among agencies were reasonable and transparent.
Andrew Weissmann, a former top prosecutor for the Mueller investigation, expressed deep admiration for Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing former President Trump's hush money trial in New York City. Weissmann praised Merchan's judicial temperament and fairness, despite the challenges posed by Trump's actions. The jury began deliberations after Merchan's instructions, with Trump facing 34 counts of falsifying business records, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
The Justice Department is dropping its case against Bijan Kian, the former lobbying partner of Michael Flynn, who was accused of illicit lobbying for Turkey during the 2016 US presidential election. The case, which had been used as leverage to pressure Flynn, has been winding through the courts for years. Kian was convicted by a jury but the verdict was thrown out due to insufficient evidence and issues related to Flynn's role. The Justice Department now believes it is not in the public interest to pursue the case further.
During a hearing at the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Adam Schiff questioned Special Counsel John Durham about whether President Trump flaunted information that was released by Russian hackers during the 2016 election. Durham admitted that Russia helped Trump during the election, something many Republicans have denied. Schiff also compared Durham and Mueller's investigations, pointing out that Mueller refused to bring charges where he couldn't prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, while Durham brought three charges forward, went to trial with two, and won convictions on zero.
During a hearing at the House Judiciary Committee, Special Counsel John Durham admitted that Russia helped the Trump campaign during the 2016 election. Rep. Adam Schiff questioned Durham about whether President Trump flaunted information that was released by Russian hackers during the election, to which Durham repeatedly insisted he had no knowledge of the matter. However, Durham agreed that the Russians had been helpful to the Trump campaign. Schiff also compared Durham and Mueller's investigations, stating that the only distinguishing thing between them was that Mueller refused to bring charges where he couldn't prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, while Durham did.