'Sobering': Durham Report Finds FBI Had Insufficient Basis to Open Trump-Russia Probe

Special Counsel John Durham found the FBI did not have a sufficient basis to open an investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia in July 2016, according to a long-awaited report the investigator called "sobering," which was obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. In a 320-page report delivered to House and Senate leaders on Monday, Durham cast doubt on the FBI’s justification for opening the Crossfire Hurricane probe, the name given to the bureau’s counterintelligence investigation of the Trump campaign. The FBI’s standard for opening a full investigation "arguably...