Durham Report: Analysts React To Findings 'Devastating' FBI Over Trump-Russia Collusion Probe

Observers and political analysts have commented on the long-awaited report of special counsel John Durham, which looked into the purported scheme to link former president Donald Trump to Russia in 2016, with some saying the report exonerated him in a way.

Durham's 316-page report released Monday revealed the FBI shouldn't have initiated an investigation into the supposed connections between the Trump 2016 campaign and Russia. It added the federal investigators did not secure "any actual evidence of collusion" between the former president and Russia before the probe was launched.

Durham's office conducted over 480 interviews and obtained more than one million documents in its four-year investigation of the case. During the probe, 190 grand jury subpoenas were also issued.

Dubbed as "Crossfire Hurricane," the FBI's investigation into allegations of a Trump-Russia collusion during the 2016 presidential campaign was based on "raw, unanalyzed, and uncorroborated intelligence," Durham's report said.