TIMELINE OF DURHAM’S INVESTIGATION AND BARR’S INVOLVEMENT
March 22, 2019: Mueller report submitted to Attorney General Barr.
March 25, 2019: Meeting of John Durham, Barr, then-Chief of Staff Brian Rabbitt, Seth DuCharme, then-Counselor Will Levi, and the Justice Management Division.
April 9, 2019: DuCharme arranged a time to talk with Durham and Barr. “John, the AG has made me aware of the [redacted] that you are working on with him and he asked me to provide you with my support and assistance.”
April 10, 2019: During a Senate hearing, Barr said that he believed spying on the Trump campaign by the FBI “did occur,” and that he would be looking into the issue.
April 12, 2019: In an email to Durham and Inspector General Michael Horowitz, DuCharme offered “to explain what John [Durham] and [redacted] and I are working on.”
April 25, 2019: Durham, Barr, Rabbitt, DuCharme and DOJ official John Moran held a meeting.
April 30, 2019: Durham, Barr, Rabbit, and DuCharme held a meeting.
May 13, 2019: The New York Times reported that Barr had assigned Durham “to examine the origins of the Russia investigation.”
May 14, 2019: The New York Times reported that Durham’s assignment would be a review, rather than a criminal inquiry, of intelligence-collection activities related to the Trump campaign. According to the Times, Barr had “asked Mr. Durham to oversee that review several weeks ago” and was “taking a personal role in it,” discussing it with CIA Director Gina Haspel, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and then-Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats.
May 14, 2019: Durham, Barr, Rabbitt, and DuCharme held a meeting.
May 17, 2019: Barr made additional statements about the legitimacy of the Russia investigation, telling Fox News that he was questioning whether “government officials abused their power,” and telling the Wall Street Journal, “Government power was used to spy on American citizens.”
May 22, 2019: Barr requested a meeting with Durham. They met that day, along with Rabbitt.
May 23, 2019: Trump ordered the CIA and other intelligence agencies to cooperate with the review of the Russia investigation’s origins, and gave Barr the authority to unilaterally declassify documents.
May 28, 2019: DuCharme sent Durham a copy of the presidential declassification memo about the Justice Department’s review of intelligence activities relating to the 2016 campaign. “For your files,” he wrote.
May 31, 2019: In an interview with CBS, Barr said that “the use of
June 4, 2019: Durham, Barr, Rabbitt, and DuCharme held a meeting.
June 12, 2019: The New York Times reported that Justice Department officials intended to interview senior CIA officers. Haspel reportedly told CIA officials that speaking with Durham was consistent with cooperating with Barr’s investigation.
June 26, 2019: Durham, Barr, Rabbitt, DuCharme, and then-U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Timothy Shea held a meeting.
July 11, 2019: Durham, Barr, Rabbitt, and DuCharme held a meeting.
July 12, 2019: Durham, Barr, Rabbitt, and DuCharme had a phone call.
July 16, 2019: Durham, Barr, Rabbitt, and DuCharme held a meeting.
July 26–Aug. 1, 2019: Barr traveled to the U.K. to attend bilateral meetings — according to press reporting, Barr was seeking Britain’s cooperation with Durham’s investigation.
Aug. 1, 2019: Durham, Barr, Rabbitt, and DuCharme held a meeting.
Aug. 6, 2019: Durham, Barr, Rabbitt, and DuCharme held a meeting.
Aug. 14–16, 2019: Barr traveled to Italy to meet with intelligence counterparts, reportedly to discuss Italy’s role in the events leading to the Russia investigation.
Aug. 16, 2019: Durham, Barr, Rabbitt, DuCharme, and Levi had a phone call.
Aug. 20, 2019: Durham, Barr, Rabbitt, and DuCharme held a meeting.
Aug. 27, 2019: DuCharme emailed Durham, “Just FYI, we had already called over to the FBI to set something up.”
Sept. 3, 2019: Durham, Barr, Rabbitt, DuCharme, and a JMD official held a meeting.
Sept. 6, 2019: Durham, Barr, Rabbitt, and DuCharme held a meeting.
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