The primary component of Hillary for Americas disinformation campaign was its effort to smear then-candidate Trump with false reports that he was conspiring with the Kremlin to help him win the 2016 electionthe so-called Steele Dossier assembled by a former British spy and funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires. [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. Rubio, Blackburn, Colleagues Demand Durham Report Be Made Public PDF Lord Durham's Report on the Affairs of British North America abridged 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. In total, Hillary for America (through Fusion GPS) paid Steele $168,000 for his efforts.REF, Durhams investigation has revealed that Steeles key sources for the dossier were not senior Russian officials or savvy Kremlin insiders, but rather Igor Danchenko (a Washington, D.C.based policy analyst); Charles Dolan, Jr. (a Washington, D.C.based public relations executive with a long history of working in Democrat Party politics); and Olga Galkina (a Cyprus-based Russian national who was a press secretary to a Russian tech company but had dreams of serving in a future Clinton State Department).REF, These dubious sources did not, in fact, provide any actual evidence of a conspiracy between Trump and Russia. Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not. He was interested in not only unifying Upper and Lower Canada but also including Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. 0000058401 00000 n 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. Department of Justice, Subject: Your FOIA Request FOIA-2021-01633. endobj The assertion that the so-called "French" Canadians had no history and no culture and that the conflict was primarily that of two ethnic groups evidently outraged Papineau. 0000127373 00000 n 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. An official website of the United States government. 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. 0000003027 00000 n 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. 0000003066 00000 n Lord Durham's report on the affairs of British North America; But there is no evidence that Galkinareferred to in the Danchenko indictment as Russian Sub-Source-1was a Kremlin insider. 0000003387 00000 n the details, and results of air quality monitoring for 2021 at PDF Town of Durham, Connecticut 2022 Annual Report General Permit for the ", Anna Plassart, and Hugo Bonin, "Democratic struggle or national uprising? Hillary for Americas disinformation efforts consisted of two main components: (1) creating and disseminating the so-called Steele Dossier that falsely alleged, inter alia, the existence of an extensive conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin;REF and (2) concocting false allegations regarding a secret computer communications link between the Trump organization and Alfa-Bank, Russias largest private commercial bank. HdRFIQI[Zv,w89|T iW;~a/Az [+;(&q#;%e\G'Ys>)DaW.%Yu7vsta(7yYnrmT>,|z)2S 2 I received your voicemail asking for a status of your request for a copy of the Durham Report Executive Summary. 0000009167 00000 n Following consultation with Mr. Durham, I have determined that, in light ofthe 6 the [legal] profession and that legal proceedings appear fair to all who observe them.'" Id. 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. 0000010627 00000 n Mr. PDF IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF - Reuters The second major component of Hillary for Americas disinformation campaign was its effort to smear then-candidate Trump with a false allegation that the Trump organization had a secret channel of communication with Alfa-Bank, the largest private bank in Russia. [15] Lord Durham had not recommended this approach and had instead proposed that the representation should be based on the respective populations of the two regions. Statement of Expenditures, April 1, 2022 - September 30, 2022, Statement of Expenditures, October 1, 2021 - March 31, 2022, Statement of Expenditures, April 1, 2021 - September 30, 2021, Statement of Expenditures, October 19, 2020 - March 31, 2021, Department of Justice Whatever happened to the Durham Report? - Renew Democracy Initiative Special Counsel John Durham, of course, is scrutinizing the origins of the Obama administration's Trump/Russia probe a probe that holdover officials at the FBI and other government. 0000128256 00000 n In an effort to further increase public aware- ness of Soviet active measures, the FBI has provided me with an update of its 1983 report on Soviet active measures operations here in the United States. If dialing from a personal cell phone or an off-campus telephone within Durham, the call will immediately reach the Durham Emergency Communications Center. 0000005119 00000 n PDF Durham Tech 2020-2021 Annual Report (text only version) However, Durham believed that the problems in mostly Lower Canada were not of a political nature, but rather of an ethnic one. ", Newbould, I. D. C. "Lord Durham, the Whigs and Canada, 1838: The Background to Durham's Return", Smith, William. Durham report pdf 2021. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and 41 Senate colleagues sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland to request an update on the status of Special Counsel John Durham's review of the origins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's inquiry into allegations of Russian collusion during . The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. Durham arrived in Quebec City on 29 May. 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. PDF United States District Court for The District of Columbia United States 0000008542 00000 n Legal Fellow and Manager, Meese Center for Legal Studies. In June, it appeared in Canada in Ludger Duvernay's La Revue canadienne as Histoire de l'insurrection du Canada en rfutation du Rapport de Lord Durham (History of the insurrection of Canada in refutation of the Report of Lord Durham). Other key witnesses, such as Rodney Joffe, have asserted their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to avoid providing information to Durham and his investigators. To better enhance this relationship, we are providing clarification and information on our Use of Force policy. Poor farming conditions that year led to reduced harvests and increased poverty for farmers. That, of course, didn't happen. Foers article in Slate describes how Lorenzen began collecting Internet data on the Trump organization in late July 2016. @ ^Lk The report was entitled "Report on the Affairs of British North America". Danchenko pleaded not guilty to the charges, and his trial is currently set to commence on October 11, 2022.REF. 0000006621 00000 n Durham also visited the United States and wrote that he had assumed that he would find that the rebellions had been based on liberalism and economics. Durham report proves Hillary Clinton was Putin's puppet not Trump ?[n$}wTI(@(AI4[zE(D)ZLe]u4L pDeeT:YQ'U k=Fqcjiv\EW2B9MqiX,>>e qkZNLX0'5)[\clvzu4`$R>"0l%* g?rxL>Q*\gPg#cBweLp&^v^nzP>2\S(no)\o{r$-D8O( Zack Smith. It was sort of an anti-Mueller Report, whose results promised exoneration for Trump and criminal convictions for those who had wronged him. The full story of the Clinton campaigns corrupt joint venture may only come to light if and when Durham releases a final report at the conclusion of his investigation. The quarrel is one of an entirely English, if not British population. 0000001907 00000 n Archive Center Durham, NC CivicEngage DurhamExecutiveSummary.pdf View Embed Download From: Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General 08/03/2021 Subject: Acknowledgement Letter (8.2.21).pdf Portal Attached is correspondence from the Department of Justice's Office of Information Policy, which is associated with the above-referenced Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. in, Morissette, Benot. The Durham investigation indicates a coordinated effort by the Clinton campaign to disseminate false allegations against Donald Trump to win the 2016 election. Perkins Coie managing partner John Devaney published a letter in the Wall Street Journal intimating that Sussmanns meeting with Baker was on behalf of Joffea client with no connections to either the Clinton campaign, the DNC, or any other Political Law Group client.REF However, before his meeting with Baker, Sussmann texted Baker the following message on his personal cell phone: Tellingly, Sussmanns billing records at Perkins Coie indicate that he billed his September 19, 2016, FBI meeting with Baker to Hillary for America, describing the meeting as work and communications regarding confidential project.REF Indeed, Durham has uncovered that all or nearly all of Sussmanns recorded time and work relating to the [Alfa-Bank] allegationswere billed to the Clinton Campaign.REF. 0000017026 00000 n The WSJ report cited anonymous sources. When providing information to Members of Congress after the fact, officials were careful to say that the intelligence community does not know the accuracy of this allegation or the extent to which the Russian intelligence analysis may reflect exaggeration or fabrication.REF Still, former CIA Director John Brennan briefed President Barack Obama on this intelligence. HtUn0+xLqR R>g. 0 The report of Durham was laid before Parliament in London on 11 February 1839. The indictment states that Sussmann met with Baker at FBI headquarters on September 19, 2016 (less than two months before the presidential election), and presented him with data files and three white papers purporting to show a secret channel of communications between Internet servers belonging to the Trump organization and Alfa-Bank.REF (It turns out that the Internet server in question did not belong to the Trump organization, but rather had been administered by a mass marketing email company that sent advertisements for Trump hotels and hundreds of other clients.)REF, During his meeting with Baker, Sussmann allegedly told Baker that he (Sussmann) was not acting on behalf of any client, which led Baker to believe that Sussmann was acting as a good citizennot as a paid advocate or political operative.REF The indictment further alleges Sussmann was, in fact, acting on behalf of two clientsHillary for America and Rodney Joffe, an executive at Neustar, Inc., a Virginia-based Internet company.REF. 0000002535 00000 n The "Report" led to major reforms and democratic advances. "[4] and called the French Canadians "a people with no literature and no history".[5]. At the Healthwatch County Durham annual event in November 2021, Pauline Fletcher, the Dental Commissioning Lead North East and North Cumbria provided an update on the current position, including a lot of useful information about the NHS dental contract. Durham, appointed by then-Attorney General William Barr to lead a review into the Russia investigation, made the claim in his investigation that brought charges against an FBI attorney and former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussman, who is currently charged with making a false statement to a federal agent. Durhams investigation has revealed that senior members of Hillary for Americacampaign manager Robbie Mook, communications director Jennifer Palmieri, and foreign policy advisor Jake Sullivan (who currently serves as President Joe Bidens National Security Advisor)were briefed on aspects of the disinformation scheme aimed at discrediting then-candidate Trump.REF Hillary for America, as well as the Democratic National Committee (DNC), spent more than $1 million to fund the disinformation campaign, then used the fruits of that campaign to calumniate candidate Trump. 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. lj-!36j2o((u tl#tCR]]MBhIt:Xj4r~'E9FM' Eric HotchkissSenior Government Information SpecialistOffice of Information Policy, Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Act Request #FOIA-2021-01633. MuckRock users can file, duplicate, track, and share public records requests DA Deberry will present the 2021 Annual Report virtually on Wednesday, February 16, at 6 p.m. Members of the public can view the presentation and submit questions on the Durham DA's Office . 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. Reg.) Special Counsels Office 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. "[10], "At first sight it appears much more difficult to form an accurate idea of the state of Upper than of Lower Canada. Opposition research is the collection of information on the background, activities, etc., of ones opponent or opponents in an effort to uncover damaging details that will undermine them.REF, Fusion GPS utilized the $1 million paid to it to hire several sub-vendors to research alleged ties between Trump and Russia.REF Fusion GPSs sub-vendors included Nellie Ohr (the wife of Bruce Ohr, a career Justice Department official who served as a conduit to provide certain Steele Dossier reports to the FBI); Edward Baumgartner (a Russia researcher based in London); and Graham Stack (a freelance journalist).REF The most notable opposition research generated by Fusion GPS was through its sub-vendor Christopher Steelethe so-called Steele Dossier.REF. Both Canadas were in a state of distress. Overview 1.1 This report provides an overview of the current economic climate and Regional Durham Report Executive Summary MuckRock Durham also recommended the creation of a municipal government and a supreme court in British North America. In 1840, the population of Canada East was estimated at 670,000, while the population of Canada West was estimated to be 480,000. iHOA]/]uK9bXqAn.SoE'6r1)7dfaoN:1 W196>K c+X0 > stream Room B-103 Durham Region Transit Commission, Conservation Authorities, Durham Regional Local Housing Corporation, and other Outside Agencies to guide the development of detailed 2022 Business Plans and Budgets. Durham's famous Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839) led to a series of reforms and changes. A lock ( To the extent that was true at all, it was only true among Trump's closest political allies, not the. endstream endobj 72 0 obj <>stream Secure .gov websites use HTTPS There were extensive advance publicity and public processions to attract audiences for meetings. That has been irrevocably done; and the experiment of depriving the people of their present constitutional power, is not to be thought of. 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. 0000005874 00000 n 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. The John Durham filing that set off conservative media, explained According to Durhams indictment of Igor Danchenko, Dolan was connected to the most sordid allegation in the Steele Dossierthat in 2013, Trump had engaged in salacious sexual activity while a guest in the presidential suite at the Moscow Ritz-Carlton hotel.REF, At the time, Dolan was employed by KGlobal, a Washington, D.C.based public relations firm.REF Prior to that, Dolan held several senior roles in Democratic political circles, including as the state chairman for President Bill Clintons 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns, adviser to Hillary Clintons 2008 campaign, and a volunteer for her 2016 campaign.REF As a public relations executive, Dolan interacted with senior officials in the Russian government, including the press secretary of the Russian Presidential Administration, as well as the Russian ambassador to the United States.REF, In June 2016, Dolan traveled to Moscow and stayed at the Ritz-Carlton. Soviet Active Measures in The United States-an Updated Report by The 1 0 obj However, he eventually concluded that the real problem was the conflict between the traditionalist French and the modernizing English. Durham may be investigating whether and to what extent then-candidate Hillary Clinton had knowledge of the disinformation campaign. 21-582 (CRC): MICHAEL A. SUSSMANN,:: Defendant. like this one. The entire mistrust which the two races have thus learned to conceive of each other's intentions, induces them to put the worst construction on the most innocent conduct; to judge every word, every act, and every intention unfairly; to attribute the most odious designs, and reject every overture of kindness or fairness, as covering secret designs of treachery and malignity. O. 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. ( NewsNation Now) A court filing submitted late last week by John Durham, the special counsel investigating the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, has been creating buzz in Washington over the last few days, especially among conservatives. Hl y9JsLJ=T=Tm/1'`|3?7!IcT o|0E5ixuVLI u4As+dQ 8yAO! 0000127591 00000 n Among other items that were ultimately reported in the Steele Dossier, Galkina was Danchenkos source for the allegations that Michael Cohen met with Russian officials in Prague in August or September 2016 and that Carter Page met with Igor Diveykin, a senior Kremlin officialan allegation later cited by the FBI in its FISA application to surveil Page.REF. "[12], The British Parliament implemented the first point immediately but not the second. Trump had hoped that Durham would deliver a report before the 2020 election that could help Trump's campaign. 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. MuckRock is a non-profit collaborative news site that gives you the tools to keep our government transparent and accountable. Steven Groves % On the first page of his report he stated that "[w]hile the present state of things is allowed to last, the actual inhabitants of these Provinces have no security for person or propertyno enjoyment of what they possessno stimulus to industry. . According to Durham, the French culture in Canada had changed little in 200 years and showed no sign of the progress that British culture had made. hAk0a(NHpvYJ'!3CE=}3s`. "X $d,r\oor%]wz]r= Vo Dq/ Much remains to be uncovered, exposed, and proven by Durham. Publication date 1912 . Have a question about Government Services? Durham Report: Clinton Campaign Paid to Infiltrate Trump - Newsmax DAISY download. In July, Dolan gifted Clintons autobiography to Galkina, inscribing it with To my good friend [Olga], A Great Democrat.REF Galkina apparently harbored ambitions to move to the U.S. if Clinton won the election. 0000001766 00000 n The two Canadas were subsequently merged into a single colony, the Province of Canada, in the 1840 Act of Union. According to the Durham investigation, with the active participation of Michael Sussmann of Perkins Coie, a group of computer researchers cooked up phony Internet server data in an attempt to create an inference of secret communications and create a narrative regarding Trump.REF, April Tea Leaves Lorenzen. From: Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Subject: Acknowledgement Letter (8.2.21).pdf. His report contains the famous assessment that Lower Canada had "two nations warring within the bosom of a single state. 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.