


EXCLUSIVE — Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco will brief the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday on special counsel John Durham’s report from May as well as other Justice Department matters, the Washington Examiner has learned.
The behind-closed-doors briefing, which will take place at 2 p.m., comes in response to committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) asking in June that Monaco appear before the committee to speak about corrective measures the department has taken in light of Durham’s report, according to a source with direct knowledge of the committee’s plans.
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“It is clear that Congress must consider legislative reforms to the FBI, and the Committee has been engaged in robust oversight to inform those legislative proposals,” Jordan wrote to the department in June. “In the interim, however, due to the FBI’s documented political bias, the Justice Department must ensure any ongoing investigations are not poisoned by this same politicization.”
Durham’s report concluded the FBI improperly launched its investigation into alleged collusion between former President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia during the 2016 election. While his report did not find evidence of political bias, it did cite evidence of "potential confirmation bias in favor of continued investigative scrutiny of Trump."
The FBI's investigation, known as Crossfire Hurricane, had uncovered no substantive evidence of Trump-Russia collusion, and a subsequent inspector general inquiry, as well as a special counsel inquiry into the investigation, revealed failures of it, including wrongful use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a powerful spy tool.
Durham’s report largely corroborated the two inquiries, concluding that “the Department and the FBI failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law in connection with certain events and activities.”
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Jordan specified in his letter that he wanted to hear specifically from Monaco about "remedial measures" the Justice Department has taken to address what he described as "misconduct" outlined by Durham.
The Justice Department did not respond to a request for comment.