HtUn0+xLqR As described by Durham with regard to the Alfa-Bank allegations, the Clinton campaign and its agents are alleged to have formed a joint venture, the goal of which was to gather and disseminate derogatory non-public information regarding the internet activities of [Donald Trump] and his associates.REF. John Durham Sussmann filing 2/11/22 Contributed by CNN Digital (CNN) p. 1. ", New, Chester. 0000009481 00000 n O. 0000003227 00000 n I definitely would not take the job under Trump.REF, After receiving the Russian Bank Data from Lorenzen in the summer of 2016, Joffe shared the data with Sussmann, with whom he had a prior attorney-client relationship.REF Thereafter, Joffe, with the knowledge and support of Sussmann and Elias, enlisted alliesLorenzen, two Internet companies in which Joffe had an interest, and two researchers at Georgia Tech Universityto conduct research concerning Trump.REF, As alleged by Durham, Joffe used his access at multiple organizations to gather and mine public and non-public Internet data regarding Trump and his associates, with the goal of creating a narrative regarding the candidates ties to Russia.REF Within this context, Joffe stated that he was working with someone who had close ties to the Democratic Party and to Hillary Clinton.REF For his part, Sussmann billed his time on the Alfa-Bank disinformation projectwhat he termed a confidential project in his billing recordsto Hillary for America.REF, As part of the project, Joffe tasked employees at two Internet companiesreferred to by Durham as Internet Company-2 and Internet Company-3to search and analyze their holdings of public and non-public internet data for derogatory information on Trump.REF As part of that tasking, Joffe e-mailed Internet Company-3 a Trump Associates List containing the names, home addresses, personal e-mail addresses, and other information regarding six people connected to Trump.REF According to Durham, personnel at Internet Company-3 were uncomfortable utilizing the companys data in such an inappropriate manner, but they complied with the taskingbecause [Joffe] was a powerful figure.REF Employees at Internet Company-3 subsequently provided Joffe with a report containing technical observations that Joffe later provided to Sussmann.REF, Joffe retired from Neustar at or around the time that the Sussmann indictment was made public.REF He has refused to cooperate or provide testimony to Durham, going so far as to plead his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination when called to testify before Durhams grand jury.REF, Manos Antonakakis and David Dagon (Georgia Tech). Report: 1. Durham report proves Hillary Clinton not Trump was Putin's puppet By Rebekah Koffler February 17, 2022 5:24pm Updated Vladimir Putin's endgame of destabilizing Washington got a boost from. Drinking Water System Category: Large Municipal Residential . 3. 0000001766 00000 n 4878-2020 Statement of Expenditures, April 1, 2022 - September 30, 2022 Following consultation with Mr. Durham, I have determined that, in light ofthe 0000007868 00000 n "[1] He would return to that theme repeatedly throughout his report. The visible and broad line of demarcation which separates parties by the distinctive characters of race, happily has no existence in the Upper Province. Durham CAN's Strategy Team met 2021, like many of CAN's institutions, by continuing to adapt in the face of the pandemic while simultaneously "dis-organizing and re-organizing" CAN for a new season of leadership. The full story may never be known. !3v V!IT&`:caM&YH~susF*`L`}GbeU"iiN;_"8' ZQ~jL$%~o,2Du&^}FYW&!m6*X3~n/ReCe, He produced his famous and highly controversial Report on the Affairs of British North America (also known as the Durham Report) after a short stay in the region. Want the latest investigative and FOIA news? 0000017586 00000 n The three of them collaborated to prepare and write the report.I t was generally disparaged or ignored in Britain but did draw attention from some leading British intellectuals such as John Stuart Mill. The meetings were represented as nonpartisan, respectable, loyal, orderly and deserving of parliamentary support. In Upper Canada and Lower Canada, he formed numerous committees with essentially all the opponents of the Patriotes and made numerous personal observations on life in the colonies. Danchenko pleaded not guilty to the charges, and his trial is currently set to commence on October 11, 2022.REF. Room B-103 That is particularly the case when, as here, Hillary Clintons political operation retained a law firm in an attempt to provide legal cover for the campaigns opposition research efforts. Its major recommendation, responsible government, originated with the Baldwins and other moderate reformers rather than with . We are unable to respond to your request while this matter is being litigated. 2 provocativelyand misleadingly1describes for the first time Domain Name System ("DNS") traffic potentially associated with former Presid ent Donald Trump, including data at the Executive Office of the President ("EOP"), that was alle gedly presented to Agency-2 in February 2017. 0000017608 00000 n Durham Report In 1838, the British politician Lord Durham was sent to British North America to investigate the causes of the rebellions of 1837-38 in the colonies of Upper and Lower Canada. Learn more. 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Phone: 202-514-2000 Fusion GPS is a Washington, D.C.based consulting firm that, according to its website, provides premium research, strategic intelligence, and due diligence services to corporations, law firms, and investors worldwide.REF The firm was founded by two former journalists, Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch.REF, Marc Elias of Perkins Coie hired Fusion GPS in April 2016 to perform a variety of research services relating to then-candidate Donald Trump.REF Simpson, Fritsch, and others at Fusion GPS conducted preliminary research on then-candidate Trump, then collectively decided that they needed to do what they could to keep Trump out of the White House.REF Perkins Coie, using funds paid to it by Hillary for America and the DNC, paid Fusion GPS more than $1 million in 2016.REF, Fusion GPSs role was to provide opposition research on then-candidate Trump relating to his alleged relationship with Russia. A-month-and-a-half earlier, Perkins Coies Marc Elias exchanged e-mails with Robbie Mook, Jennifer Palmieri, and Jake Sullivan concerning the [Alfa-Bank] allegations that Sussmann had recently shared with [the New York Times Eric Lichtblau].REF The opposition research efforts that resulted in the Slate article,REF as well as other articles published on October 31 in the New York Times by Eric LichtblauREF and Mother Jones by David Corn,REF were bought and paid for by Hillary for America through campaign agents Perkins Coie, Fusion GPS, and others. The purpose of this report is to summarize the Attorney General's findings and conclusions with regards to the incident, which resulted in the death of Michael Barrett. To better enhance this relationship, we are providing clarification and information on our Use of Force policy. Hillary for America. This is a big story. ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. % II. 0000002535 00000 n ", Anna Plassart, and Hugo Bonin, "Democratic struggle or national uprising? For instance, Danchenko allegedly told the FBI that none of his conversations with Charles Dolan (infra.) 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", Cameron, David R. "Lord Durham Then and Now. 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Steven Groves Indeed, Brennan wrote in his briefing notes that on July 26, 2016, Clinton allegedly approved of a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisors to vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by Russian security services.REF. This led to the Act of Union, 1840. Regarding both of those components, concerted efforts were made by the Clinton campaign, Perkins Coie attorneys, Fusion GPS, Christopher Steele, and others to present false allegations to the FBI and to disseminate them to media outlets for the purpose of denigrating Trump and his campaign. in, Morissette, Benot. 1993 City Council Meeting Minutes: "'The Foundations of Freedom and Civilization': The Durham Report, Municipal Institutions and Liberalism. 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Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records: A copy of the Durham's Report Executive Summary that was provided to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) by letter dated May 07, 2018 from the Office of the Assistant Attorney General and enclosed as a copy to this request. 1 0 obj As part of Hillary for Americas disinformation campaign, Fusion GPS hired Steele and Orbis Business Intelligence (Steeles London-based firm) in June 2016 to investigate Trumps purported ties to Russia.REF In the months leading up to the election, Steele disseminated a steady stream of raw intelligence to the FBI, various media outlets, elected officials, and others. Marc Elias was a partner at the Perkins Coie law firm and the lead attorney for Hillary for America at the firm. Christopher Steele (Orbis Business Intelligence). The full story remains elusive. endobj Sussmann was indicted by Durham on September 16, 2021, on one count of making a false statement to FBI General Counsel James A. Baker. A briefing report was provided to the Environment and Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee (OSC) on the 11th April 2022 which updated Members on local air quality management across County Durham. Legal Fellow and Manager, Meese Center for Legal Studies. In the long run, it advanced democracy and played a central role in the evolution of Canada's political independence from Britain.[3]. the details, and results of air quality monitoring for 2021 at Indeed, after conducting a 22-month investigation, Special Counsel Robert Mueller stated that the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.REF, Igor Danchenko. It was also pointed out that an uprising had occurred in Upper Canada where there was only one "race". 0000004612 00000 n %PDF-1.7 That has been irrevocably done and the experiment of depriving the people of their present constitutional power is not to be thought of."[8]. Durham brought along a small but highly talented staff, most notably including Charles Buller and Edward Gibbon Wakefield. Durham may be investigating whether and to what extent then-candidate Hillary Clinton had knowledge of the disinformation campaign. Special Counsels Office Town of Durham 2022 Annual Report Permit Number GSM 000076 January 01, 2022 - December 31, 2022 Primary MS4 Contact: Wade M. Thomas, Nathan L. Jacobson & Associates, Inc., wthomas@nlja.com, 860.526.9591 This report documents Town of Durham's efforts to comply with the conditions of the MS4 General Permit to the maximum extent practicable While the general contours of Hillary for Americas opposition research efforts during the 2016 election period have been reported in the press and have been the subject of congressional and inspector general investigations, many new details have been uncovered by Durhams investigation and revealed in federal indictments relating to former Perkins Coie attorney Michael Sussmann and former Brookings Institution policy analyst Igor Danchenko. Igor Danchenko is a Russian national who was once employed as a policy analyst for the Brookings Institution, a Washington, D.C.based think tank. [5], "The French complained of the arrogance and injustice of the English; the English accused the French of the vices of a weak and conquered people, and charged them with meanness and perfidy. Lambton, John George, Charles Buller, Edward Gibbon Wakefield. The FBIs interviews of Danchenko establish that the most salacious allegation in the Steele Dossierthat Trump was present during the performance of a lewd act at the Moscow Ritz-Carltonwas fabricated by Danchenko and/or Charles Dolan, a public relations executive living in Washington, D.C., with lengthy ties to the Democratic Party. EPUB . <>/Metadata 531 0 R/ViewerPreferences 532 0 R>> Durhams indictment of Danchenko shows that other significant parts of the Steele Dossiersuch as the allegation that Trump lawyer Michael Cohen travelled to Prague to meet with Russian conspiratorswere invented by Olga Galkina, a Russian national living in Cyprus who had ambitions of joining the State Department under Hillary Clinton if she won the presidential election. However, he eventually concluded that the real problem was the conflict between the traditionalist French and the modernizing English. @$F0 b`5 B D( 6= q27@ &^ # The Steele Dossier sets forth the alleged conspiracy as described by Danchenko in report 2016/095: Danchenko claims that he heard the well-developed conspiracy allegation from Sergei Millian (referred to above as Source E), a BelarusianAmerican who formerly served as the president of the Russian American Chamber of Commerce in the USA.REF. It was that white paper, among other materials, that Sussmann gave to the FBI.REF As previously stated, Sussmann billed Hillary for America for his time working on the white paper.REF. This Legal Memorandum is an effort to unravel the joint venture and place each of the parties to Clintons disinformation campaign into the proper context. I would not impair a single prerogative of the Crown; on the contrary, I believe that the interests of the people of these Colonies require the protection of prerogatives, which have not hitherto been exercised. Authors: But the Crown must, on the other hand, submit to the necessary consequences of representative institutions; and if it has to carry on the Government in unison with a representative body, it must consent to carry it on by means of those in whom that representative body has confidence. He also wanted to resolve the issue of land over Prince Edward Island, but those suggestions failed to come to fruition since the Maritime Provinces were then uninterested. Although I hadexpected Mr.Durham to complete his work by the summer of2020, the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as additional information he uncovered . 0000003965 00000 n endobj It was his opinion that those problems could be solved through the assimilation that he would expect to result from the way he recommends uniting the Canadas, factoring in the Anglophone majority in Upper Canada. This report has been prepared to satisfy Section 11 of Ontario Regulation (O. A lock ( Durham had become the Governor-General in Lower Canada in 1837 but soon submitted his resignation because of his conflict with British Parliament mostly because of his progressive nature. But there is no evidence that Galkinareferred to in the Danchenko indictment as Russian Sub-Source-1was a Kremlin insider. Justice.gov Special Counsel John Durham's Office Special Counsel John Durham About On October 19, 2020, John Durham was appointed by Attorney General William Barr to serve as the Special Counsel by the order below. After these doubts were expressed about any connection between the Trump organization and Russia, Lorenzen suggested that such a connection could be faked. As related by Durham: Despite their knowledge that the Russian Bank Data was a red herring and that there were no secret communications channel, Joffe, Lorenzen, Dagon, Antonakakis, and Sussmann drafted a white paper touting the Alfa-Bank disinformation. According to Durhams indictment of former Perkins Coie law firm attorney Michael Sussmann, he directed an effort by a group of computer scientists including Rodney Joffe, April Lorenzen, and others to manufacture a false narrative that the Trump organization and the Kremlin had a secret channel of communications. "[11], "We are not now to consider the policy of establishing representative government in the North American Colonies. 0000004382 00000 n Lord Durham was sent back to Canada in 1838 by British Parliament and the Crown to investigate the cause behind the rebellions of both Upper and Lower Canada and propose suggestions to fix any remaining problems and lessen the chance of future rebellions.