President Donald Trump has handed Special Counsel John Durham more power and authority as he continues to dig into the origins of the Russia probe largely carried out by the FBI in their counterintelligence investigation into his 2016 presidential campaign.

The president has granted Durham authority to use classified documents indefinitely for the entirety of his investigation.

via Daily Wire:

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Outgoing Attorney General William Barr appointed Durham to be special counsel in the investigation, which he was already leading, back in October so that no matter what the outcome of the election was, Durham would be allowed to finish the investigation.

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The Trump administration revealed in a memo on Tuesday that they made the move last week to give Durham the authority to use classified information indefinitely. The memo was addressed to the Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Homeland Security, Director of National Intelligence, and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Here’s what President Trump’s memo said in its entirety:

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.

Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) The authority in this memorandum shall terminate upon the conclusion of the Special Counsel’s investigation, unless expressly extended by the President. In addition, the authority of the Attorney General under the May 23, 2019, memorandum is hereby extended to terminate only upon the conclusion of the Special Counsel’s investigation, unless expressly extended by the President.

(d) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

This is a smart move on behalf of the president. Durham needs all the assistance he can be afforded to get to the bottom of the FBI’s probe into the Trump campaign and find those who indulged their deep hatred of this country by attempting to undermine the will of the people and ensure Hillary Clinton got elected president.

Folks involved in this little coup should be held accountable for their actions and be turned into examples so that others do not dare follow in their footsteps. These individuals spied on a presidential candidate and violated his rights. Someone needs to go to prison for this.