DAILY WIRE
Special counsel John Durham has spent at least $6.5 million over the last two years on its investigation of the FBI’s inquiry into ties between former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia.
Published on Friday just ahead of Christmas, at a time when the politically charged probe has been relatively quiet following a couple of high-profile court cases this year, the Department of Justice’s latest financial disclosure shows Durham’s office (SCO) spent over $2 million from April 1 to September 30.
Half of that money went to personnel compensation and benefits, while the rest covered travel, rent, communications, utilities, contractual services such as IT support, and supplies. An internal review “identified no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the design or operation of SCO controls,” the document noted.
Durham was assigned the probe by then-Attorney General William Barr in May 2019, shortly after special counsel Robert Mueller released his report…
