44 GOP Senators Demand AG Garland Allow Durham to Continue Investigation ‘Unimpeded’ and For Report to Be Made Public When Concluded

Recently, it was reported that special counsel John Durham is considering bringing criminal charges against lower-level FBI employees and outside tipsters stemming from the Russia investigation.

Another report indicated that there has been some private chatter about Attorney General Merrick Garland pressing for a swift end to Durham’s investigation, which has long been criticized by Democrats and legal observers who claim the inquiry is meant to undercut special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged ties between the Trump 2016 campaign and Russia.

Today, 44 GOP Senators sent a letter to Garland demanding that he allow Durham to continue the investigation “unimpeded” and for the report to be made public when concluded.

The Senators also requested an update on the investigation and declared that it “is important to many Americans who were disturbed that government agents subverted lawful process to conduct inappropriate surveillance for political purposes.”

“The truth pursued by this investigation is necessary to ensure transparency in our intelligence agencies and restore faith in our civil liberties,” the group added in the letter.

As most GOP Senators signed the letter, those who didn’t would be considered the usual RINO suspects. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Ben Sasse (R-NE), Rob Portman (R-OH), and Mitt Romney (R-UT).

From The Washington Examiner:

“As Durham’s probe has continued into the Biden administration, some witnesses have privately grumbled that Attorney General Merrick Garland should push the special counsel to conclude his work. The Russia investigation, they argue, already has been scrutinized by Congress and the Justice Department inspector general, who found serious flaws but determined that it was opened with adequate basis,” the report published on Tuesday said.

Conversely, the report notes some say the investigation, which began more than two years ago, should be allowed to run its course without interference.

“It has struck me from the start as a fool’s errand at best and a political task at worst, but to shut it down would give the appearance of political interference that would be unwise,” former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade was quoted as saying.

Rep. Devin Nunes , the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, recently expressed doubt the Justice Department would release a report from Durham even though, just last month, a Justice Department official said the agency “agrees” with an order by former Attorney General William Barr regarding transparency for the review when he made Durham, then the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, a special counsel — a designation that provided him extra protection to continue his work following a change in administrations.

Garland “seems to be kind of a puppet for the Left,” Nunes said on Newsmax. The “challenge,” he added, is whether the attorney general will “bury the report.”