Overview

• The Office of the Special Counsel closed its four-year probe this month with acquittals for Michael Sussmann and Igor Danchenko and no charges against FBI or CIA officials.
• In his classified annex, Durham asserts that a CIA referral memo on the 2016 SVR report was formally forwarded to the FBI, contradicting his unclassified report’s admission that no proof it reached Crossfire Hurricane.
• Commentary on the annex splits along partisan lines as analysts dispute whether the “Clinton Plan” was genuine campaign research or a Russian SVR disinformation operation.
• Critics accuse Durham, DNI John Ratcliffe and Kash Patel of overstating SVR intelligence and pursuing prosecutions despite evidence that undermined the premise of a Clinton-led smear strategy.
• Lawmakers from both parties have signaled renewed interest in oversight of election-related intelligence practices since the annex release.