the details, and results of air quality monitoring for 2021 at endobj Although I hadexpected Mr.Durham to complete his work by the summer of2020, the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as additional information he uncovered . ", Cameron, David R. "Lord Durham Then and Now. Have a question about Government Services? I definitely would not take the job under Trump.REF, After receiving the Russian Bank Data from Lorenzen in the summer of 2016, Joffe shared the data with Sussmann, with whom he had a prior attorney-client relationship.REF Thereafter, Joffe, with the knowledge and support of Sussmann and Elias, enlisted alliesLorenzen, two Internet companies in which Joffe had an interest, and two researchers at Georgia Tech Universityto conduct research concerning Trump.REF, As alleged by Durham, Joffe used his access at multiple organizations to gather and mine public and non-public Internet data regarding Trump and his associates, with the goal of creating a narrative regarding the candidates ties to Russia.REF Within this context, Joffe stated that he was working with someone who had close ties to the Democratic Party and to Hillary Clinton.REF For his part, Sussmann billed his time on the Alfa-Bank disinformation projectwhat he termed a confidential project in his billing recordsto Hillary for America.REF, As part of the project, Joffe tasked employees at two Internet companiesreferred to by Durham as Internet Company-2 and Internet Company-3to search and analyze their holdings of public and non-public internet data for derogatory information on Trump.REF As part of that tasking, Joffe e-mailed Internet Company-3 a Trump Associates List containing the names, home addresses, personal e-mail addresses, and other information regarding six people connected to Trump.REF According to Durham, personnel at Internet Company-3 were uncomfortable utilizing the companys data in such an inappropriate manner, but they complied with the taskingbecause [Joffe] was a powerful figure.REF Employees at Internet Company-3 subsequently provided Joffe with a report containing technical observations that Joffe later provided to Sussmann.REF, Joffe retired from Neustar at or around the time that the Sussmann indictment was made public.REF He has refused to cooperate or provide testimony to Durham, going so far as to plead his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination when called to testify before Durhams grand jury.REF, Manos Antonakakis and David Dagon (Georgia Tech). Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. 0000017608 00000 n Thank you,-----------------------------------------Initial Request StaffOffice of Information PolicyU.S. He produced his famous and highly controversial Report on the Affairs of British North America (also known as the Durham Report) after a short stay in the region. [16] The British government rejected that recommendation and instead implemented equal representation, apparently to give the English-speaking population of the new province a dominant voice in the provincial government, furthering the goal of assimilating the French-speaking population. "DURHAM REPORT ROCKS POLITICAL WORLD," one of the banners on One America News proclaimed. 0000010649 00000 n In the long run, it advanced democracy and played a central role in the evolution of Canada's political independence from Britain.[3]. Simpson and Fritsch did so both with regard to the Steele Dossier and the Alfa-Bank allegations, both of which have proven to be unsubstantiated, if not entirely fabricated. Statement of Expenditures, April 1, 2022 - September 30, 2022, Statement of Expenditures, October 1, 2021 - March 31, 2022, Statement of Expenditures, April 1, 2021 - September 30, 2021, Statement of Expenditures, October 19, 2020 - March 31, 2021, Department of Justice TTY/ASCII/TDD: 800-877-8339. 0000006621 00000 n endobj After these doubts were expressed about any connection between the Trump organization and Russia, Lorenzen suggested that such a connection could be faked. As related by Durham: Despite their knowledge that the Russian Bank Data was a red herring and that there were no secret communications channel, Joffe, Lorenzen, Dagon, Antonakakis, and Sussmann drafted a white paper touting the Alfa-Bank disinformation. ?[n$}wTI(@(AI4[zE(D)ZLe]u4L pDeeT:YQ'U k=Fqcjiv\EW2B9MqiX,>>e qkZNLX0'5)[\clvzu4`$R>"0l%* g?rxL>Q*\gPg#cBweLp&^v^nzP>2\S(no)\o{r$-D8O( Washington DC 20530, Contact the Department Please be advised that another request for this same information is now the subject of litigation. On May 13, 2019, I directed United States Attorney John Durham to conduct a preliminary review into certain matters related to the 2016 presidential election campaigns, and Mr. Durham's review subsequently developed into a criminal investigation, which remains ongoing. Special Counsels Office endstream endobj 73 0 obj <>stream Overview 1.1 This report provides an overview of the current economic climate and Regional The central players in the joint venture were Hillary for America, Perkins Coie LLP, and Fusion GPS. Rodney Joffe, then an executive at Neustar, Inc., a Virginia-based Internet technology company, is a central figure in the Alfa-Bank disinformation campaign.REF Joffe appears to have had an interest in Hillary Clintons election. 0000001411 00000 n That, of course, didn't happen. Washington, D.C. 20530, Russian National Indicted for Making False Statements to the FBI, November 4, 2021, Grand Jury Indicts D.C. Attorney with Making False Statements to the FBI in 2016 Regarding Alleged Communications Between Trump Organization and Russian Bank, September 16, 2021, U.S. Department of Justice According to Durham, the core allegation of the Steele Dossierthat an extensive conspiracy existed between the Trump campaign and the Kremlinwas invented out of whole cloth by former Brookings Institution policy analyst Igor Danchenko, a Russian national on Steeles payroll. Danchenko pleaded not guilty to the charges, and his trial is currently set to commence on October 11, 2022.REF. endobj hb```e``*b`a`Rcd@ AF~. and 0000128256 00000 n !3v V!IT&`:caM&YH~susF*`L`}GbeU"iiN;_"8' ZQ~jL$%~o,2Du&^}FYW&!m6*X3~n/ReCe, Much remains to be uncovered, exposed, and proven by Durham. lm@Z 31(`w} CM ,Y\ y gg` Archive Center. 0000093522 00000 n Along with Elias, Sussmann allegedly played a key role in the creation and dissemination of false allegations relating to the Trump organization and Alfa-Bank. Durham Region Transit Commission, Conservation Authorities, Durham Regional Local Housing Corporation, and other Outside Agencies to guide the development of detailed 2022 Business Plans and Budgets. Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General. Durham had become the Governor-General in Lower Canada in 1837 but soon submitted his resignation because of his conflict with British Parliament mostly because of his progressive nature. Justice.gov Special Counsel John Durham's Office Special Counsel John Durham About On October 19, 2020, John Durham was appointed by Attorney General William Barr to serve as the Special Counsel by the order below. Christopher Steele (Orbis Business Intelligence). In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. As well as increased political tension and bitterness between parties and races of people, particularly in Lower Canada. The visible and broad line of demarcation which separates parties by the distinctive characters of race, happily has no existence in the Upper Province. Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed. On the first page of his report he stated that "[w]hile the present state of things is allowed to last, the actual inhabitants of these Provinces have no security for person or propertyno enjoyment of what they possessno stimulus to industry. According to Durhams indictment of former Perkins Coie law firm attorney Michael Sussmann, he directed an effort by a group of computer scientists including Rodney Joffe, April Lorenzen, and others to manufacture a false narrative that the Trump organization and the Kremlin had a secret channel of communications. Durhams indictment of Michael Sussmann and other court filings reveal how senior members of Hillary Clintons 2016 presidential campaign formed a joint venture with lawyers, opposition researchers, foreign nationals, and computer data analysts to produce false opposition research against then-candidate Donald Trump and aggressively disseminated that disinformation to reporters, the FBI, and others. Durham also recommended the creation of a municipal government and a supreme court in British North America. Durham report pdf 2021. To conduct their Government harmoniously, in accordance with its established principles, is now the business of its rulers; and I know not how it is possible to secure that harmony in any other way, than by administering the Government on those principles which have been found perfectly efficacious in Great Britain. It is very difficult to make out from the avowals of parties the real objects of their struggles, and still less easy is it to discover any cause of such importance as would account for its uniting any large mass of the people in an attempt to overthrow, by forcible means, the existing form of Government. That has been irrevocably done; and the experiment of depriving the people of their present constitutional power, is not to be thought of. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS Lord Durham was sent back to Canada in 1838 by British Parliament and the Crown to investigate the cause behind the rebellions of both Upper and Lower Canada and propose suggestions to fix any remaining problems and lessen the chance of future rebellions. According to Durham, the French culture in Canada had changed little in 200 years and showed no sign of the progress that British culture had made. "The influence of the Durham Report." Michael Sussmann resigned from Perkins Coie on the day he was indicted.REF His trial before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia commenced on May 16, 2022, and he was found not guilty on May 31. French Canadians were opposed to a union that threatened their nationality. ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. While the general contours of Hillary for Americas opposition research efforts during the 2016 election period have been reported in the press and have been the subject of congressional and inspector general investigations, many new details have been uncovered by Durhams investigation and revealed in federal indictments relating to former Perkins Coie attorney Michael Sussmann and former Brookings Institution policy analyst Igor Danchenko. Antonakakis e-mailed Lorenzen and Dagon: Joffe himself expressed doubt about the Russian Bank Data that started the whole project. 0000007240 00000 n endstream endobj 74 0 obj <>stream The officers of the Durham Police Department are committed to protecting and serving all members of our community. The Durham investigation concluded that Danchenkos claims regarding a mysterious phone call from an anonymous source were fictional: Unfortunately for Trump campaign advisor Carter Page, the FBI utilized Danchenkos allegations in Steele Dossier Report 2016/095 as the basis for obtaining four separate Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants to conduct covert surveillance on Page.REF, Danchenkos other alleged lies to the FBI concerned his communications with various other sub-sources from which Danchenko gathered information that he passed on to Steele. He also wanted to resolve the issue of land over Prince Edward Island, but those suggestions failed to come to fruition since the Maritime Provinces were then uninterested. Durham's famous Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839) led to a series of reforms and changes. Durhams investigation has revealed that senior members of Hillary for Americacampaign manager Robbie Mook, communications director Jennifer Palmieri, and foreign policy advisor Jake Sullivan (who currently serves as President Joe Bidens National Security Advisor)were briefed on aspects of the disinformation scheme aimed at discrediting then-candidate Trump.REF Hillary for America, as well as the Democratic National Committee (DNC), spent more than $1 million to fund the disinformation campaign, then used the fruits of that campaign to calumniate candidate Trump. Foer expressed great interest in the story, e-mailing Fritsch: My editors are very excited about this piece. 0000009663 00000 n 170/03. Reg.) According to Papineau and other Patriotes, the analysis of the economic situation of French Canadians was biased. Other key witnesses, such as Rodney Joffe, have asserted their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to avoid providing information to Durham and his investigators. The purpose of this report is to summarize the Attorney General's findings and conclusions with regards to the incident, which resulted in the death of Michael Barrett. The Report on the Affairs of British North America,[1] (1839) commonly known as the Durham Report or Lord Durham's Report, is an important document in the history of Quebec, Ontario, Canada and the British Empire. Durham brought along a small but highly talented staff, most notably including Charles Buller and Edward Gibbon Wakefield. It was sort of an anti-Mueller Report, whose results promised exoneration for Trump and criminal convictions for those who had wronged him. 2 provocativelyand misleadingly1describes for the first time Domain Name System ("DNS") traffic potentially associated with former Presid ent Donald Trump, including data at the Executive Office of the President ("EOP"), that was alle gedly presented to Agency-2 in February 2017. The proposed merger would benefit Upper Canada as, whereas the construction of canals would to a considerable debt load, access to the fiscal surplus of former Lower Canada would allow that debt to be erased. ", Anna Plassart, and Hugo Bonin, "Democratic struggle or national uprising? For instance, Danchenko allegedly told the FBI that none of his conversations with Charles Dolan (infra.) He believed as those ideas were already available to the people and understood, nothing less would be accepted or tolerated and so it must be embraced to satisfy the people and maintain the peace: "establishing a representative government in the North American Colonies. In July, Dolan gifted Clintons autobiography to Galkina, inscribing it with To my good friend [Olga], A Great Democrat.REF Galkina apparently harbored ambitions to move to the U.S. if Clinton won the election. Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records: A copy of the Durham's Report Executive Summary that was provided to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) by letter dated May 07, 2018 from the Office of the Assistant Attorney General and enclosed as a copy to this request. "[11], "We are not now to consider the policy of establishing representative government in the North American Colonies. 0000002513 00000 n The actions alleged in these indictments should be condemned so that they are never repeated by any political campaign in the future. Durham report full text. H|n@)@EjTKiL%lkVC93y "[12], The British Parliament implemented the first point immediately but not the second. The Report was highly controversial. xkoF~h V^K]>d9E_;;Qe@dr_33;o6xf~ z>-7x6.gQ*Qfy~?"yp:?rP("+'9D* *\>Vi~4IcT;/fl*ly"RgST*U>zXI$)Yjp%f f52]%$MLKR8l^W+IJI Durham may be investigating whether and to what extent then-candidate Hillary Clinton had knowledge of the disinformation campaign. Igor Danchenko is a Russian national who was once employed as a policy analyst for the Brookings Institution, a Washington, D.C.based think tank. The Durham investigation indicates a coordinated effort by the Clinton campaign to disseminate false allegations against Donald Trump to win the 2016 election. The "Report" led to major reforms and democratic advances. Lord Durham's report on the affairs of British North America; by Durham, John George Lambton, Earl of, 1792-1840; Lucas, Charles Prestwood, Sir, 1853-1931. R>g. Choose the drop down menus to view archived documents. MuckRock is a non-profit collaborative news site that gives you the tools to keep our government transparent and accountable. 0000090558 00000 n ", Newbould, I. D. C. "Lord Durham, the Whigs and Canada, 1838: The Background to Durham's Return", Smith, William. While opposition research will continue to be a standard part of political campaigns, the actions taken by the Clinton campaign should be condemned in order never to be repeated. @oE9Xs!pQnGQF 06 Durham report proves Hillary Clinton not Trump was Putin's puppet By Rebekah Koffler February 17, 2022 5:24pm Updated Vladimir Putin's endgame of destabilizing Washington got a boost from. The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. ", David R. Cameron, "Lord Durham Then and Now", Last edited on 13 December 2022, at 11:26, Russia investigation origins counter-narrative Durham investigation, History of the Insurrection in Canada in refutation of the report of Lord Durham, Declaration of Independence of Lower Canada, Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham, Durham, 1839: "Report on the Affairs of British North America", bound with several appendices that do not appear on this particular link, "Durham Report | The Canadian Encyclopedia", Lambton, John George, 1st Earl of Durham, in the, Report on the Affairs of British North America, "Critical Review of Sir Francis Heads Narrative and of Lord Durhams Report", "Lord Durham's Report on the Affairs of British North America, Volume 2: Text of the Report", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durham_Report&oldid=1127194272, that Upper and Lower Canada be united into one province, and, the introduction of responsible government for all colonies in British North America, Brown, George W. "The Durham Report and the Upper Canadian Scene. The Steele Dossier sets forth the alleged conspiracy as described by Danchenko in report 2016/095: Danchenko claims that he heard the well-developed conspiracy allegation from Sergei Millian (referred to above as Source E), a BelarusianAmerican who formerly served as the president of the Russian American Chamber of Commerce in the USA.REF. His Report contained many inaccuracies about Upper Canada and was bitterly resented in Lower Canada for its unsympathetic view of French Canadians. Both Canadas were in a state of distress. HtUn0+xLqR Whatever Durham uncovers, the Clinton campaignincluding Hillary Clinton and her foreign policy advisor, Jake Sullivantouted the fabricated Alfa-Bank allegation in the days leading up to the 2016 election. He believed the British Parliament should give the colonies more power by a responsible government. 681 0 obj << /Linearized 1 /O 684 /H [ 1907 628 ] /L 235723 /E 128735 /N 8 /T 221984 >> endobj xref 681 53 0000000016 00000 n 0000003935 00000 n The quarrel is one of an entirely English, if not British population. This led to the Act of Union, 1840. 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW The two most well-known suggestions from Lord Durham's report were the fusion of Upper and Lower Canada, to become a single unified colony, the Province of Canada, ruled under a single legislature, and to introduce a responsible government. Indictments filed by Durham show that the Steele Dossier and Alfa-Bank allegations of a conspiracy between Trump and the Kremlin were entirely concocted. [9] Those suggestions would be put into place decades later, during the Confederation of Canada. Lord Durham's Report has come to occupy such a central place in the history of the Commonwealth of Nations that no apology is needed for making it readily available to students and readers, both inside and outside the schools and universities. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. ", Henderson, Jarett. In a September 2016 e-mail to a Russian associate, Galkina stated that Dolan would take me to the State Department if Hillary wins.REF, According to Danchenkos interviews with the FBI, Galkina was a fount of information on the Trump campaigns ties to the Kremlin. 0000127591 00000 n For the report on the FBI's investigation into links between Donald Trump and Russia, see.

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