About this episode
John Durham was given an impossible job. Even before the Mueller Report was ready, Bill Barr hired the once-respected US Attorney to investigate how the investigation into the Trump Campaign's ties to Russia started. After the Inspector General failed to find a conspiracy against Trump inside the FBI against Trump, Barr and Durham tried their best to invent one. They followed every available George Papadaopulus conspiracy, hoping to turn Hillary Clinton, a victim of the Russian attack on the 2016 elections, into the villain. And that fumbling effort continued long after Trump was evicted from the White House. This episode provides the first attempt to construct the history of a ridiculous investigation that had no crime, no predicate, and no point–except feeding the fantasies of Bill Barr and Donald Trump. It also explores how Trump uses conspiracy theories to turn elections into battles between good and evil. Finally, this episode reminds us of how Donald Trump has already weaponized the Department of Justice. He did it once in a way that led Republicans to believe the exact inverse of the truth. And he is undoubtedly ready to do so again but with no guardrails this time. Want to know more? Go to Patreon dot com BallofThread for bonus episodes on breaking news and to ask your questions, which could be answered in a bonus episode. For as little as $1 a month, you can support us and help spread the word.