Trump Gives New Authority To Special Counsel Durham In His Criminal Investigation Into Russia Probe Origins

President Donald Trump has further empowered Special Counsel John Durham’s criminal investigation into the origins of the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign, granting him the authority to use classified information indefinitely for the remainder of his investigation.

Outgoing Attorney General William Barr appointed Durham to be special counsel in the investigation, which he was already leading, back in October so that no matter what the outcome of the election was, Durham would be allowed to finish the investigation.