Anonymous ID: ca4f7e Jan. 1, 2021, 10:07 p.m. No.12278159   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

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SUBJECT: Attorney Generalโ€™s Authority to Use Classified Information in Connection with Review of Intelligence Activities Relating to the 2016 Presidential Campaigns

 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct the following:

 

Section 1. Authority of the Attorney General. The Attorney General is currently conducting a review of intelligence activities relating to the campaigns in the 2016 Presidential election and certain related matters. On May 13, 2019, the Attorney General directed John Durham to conduct that review, which subsequently developed into a criminal investigation. On October 19, 2020, the Attorney General appointed Mr. Durham to conduct that investigation pursuant to the powers and independence afforded by the Special Counsel regulations of the Department of Justice.

 

In a memorandum of May 23, 2019, I directed the heads of elements of the intelligence community, as defined in 50 U.S.C. 3003(4), and the heads of each department or agency that includes an element of the intelligence community, to assist the Attorney General in connection with that review, and authorized the Attorney General to declassify, downgrade, or direct the declassification or downgrading of information or intelligence that relates to his review. In addition, the Attorney General is authorized to use classified information as he deems necessary in connection with his review, including in a grand jury or other proceeding.

> authorized to use classified information as he deems necessary in connection with his review, including in a grand jury or other proceeding.

> authorized to use classified information as he deems necessary in connection with his review, including in a grand jury or other proceeding.