U.S. under Trump Series: Special counsel appointed to investigate alleged coup against Trump campaign and administration

United States Attorney General William Barr has appointed special counsel US Attorney John H. Durham of Connecticut to examine the origins of the Trump-Russia collusion theory. As promised during the hearing, Attorney General Barr let special counsel Robert Mueller conclude his investigation to determine whether President Trump or anyone from his campaign team coordinated with Russia during the 2016 election.

Mr. Mueller concluded his investigation last month and determined that no American colluded or conspired with Russia to help President Trump win the election.

Now, the Attorney General is fulfilling another part of his promise to look into the genesis of the investigation. Over the course of the last two years, it was revealed as parts of the Investigations conducted separately by Senate and House Judiciary committees, Judicial watch, and Inspector General that the Russia collusion theory could very well be a setup, where top bureaucrats in Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and intelligence communities such as Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Bruce Ohr, John Brennan were actually colluding with foreign powers to prevent Donald Trump from becoming the President.

It was also revealed that the Trump campaign was actually spied upon by several FBI informants, who tried to infiltrate his campaign with the promise of providing dirt on Hillary Clinton, who was running against Mr. Trump. Some FBI officials were reportedly trying to infiltrate the campaign even after the election was won.

It was also revealed that the Russia-Trump collusion theory might have been generated by a document written by former British spy Christopher Steele who was under the payroll of fusion GPS during his report, and Fusion GPS was hired by the Clinton campaign to find dirt on Trump. The document was later allegedly used to obtain a FISA warrant, which in turn was used to spy on the Trump campaign.

During his recent testimony to Congress, A.G. Barr confirmed that spying did occur and he would be looking into whether it was adequately predicated or not because spying by intelligence officials on a political campaign during a Presidential election year was a ‘big deal’.