CNN: John Durham empanels Washington Grand Jury in Russia Probe

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glimpses of the scope of the probe have emerged from witnesses who have been questioned.

Based on questions asked of witnesses, among the issues Durham is looking into is whether Obama administration officials, including former CIA Director John Brennan and James Clapper, former director of national intelligence, cooked the intelligence to damage the then-incoming president.

Durham has also been examining other aspects of the FBI's work in 2016 and 2017, including whether a former FBI attorney should be criminally charged for altering a document used in the preparation of a surveillance application filed with the foreign intelligence surveillance court. The FISA warrants targeting Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser, contained serious errors and false statements, an inspector general report found.

After some delays due to the Covid shutdowns of the courts, Durham and his team of investigators have picked up the pace of their work, according to people briefed on the investigation. Witnesses who have met with Durham have said there's no discernible major target for prosecution in the probe.

A grand jury in Washington's federal court, which Durham was using as part of his investigation, also has resumed work, people familiar with the matter said.

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