Durham was on the task-force subcommittee on MS13

Attorney General Jeff Sessions Delivers Remarks Announcing the Creation of a Transnational Organized Crime Task Force

Washington, DC ~ Monday, October 15, 2018

Today I am announcing that we are creating a transnational organized crime Task Force of experienced prosecutors who will coordinate our efforts and develop a plan to take each of these groups off of our streets for good.

The new Task Force will be led by Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein. I want to thank Patrick Hovakimian in his office for stepping up and taking charge of this task.

The new Task Force will be organized into one subcommittee for each of these target organizations. I am confident that he is going to be very effective in his new role.

The subcommittee on MS-13 will be led by Assistant U.S. Attorney John Durham of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. AUSA Durham has played a significant role in the FBI’s Long Island Task Force, which has arrested hundreds of MS-13 members.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-delivers-remarks-announcing-creation-transnational