“I have had any number of FBI agents who I’ve worked with over the years — some of them retired, some of them still in place — who have come to me and apologized for the manner in which that investigation was undertaken. I take that seriously. These are good, hardworking people — the majority of the FBI,” Durham explained.

Durham said American people ought to pay attention to his report because of the violations of civil-liberties. While the agencies still serve vital national-security interests, said Durham, “responsibility for the failures and transgressions here rest with the people who committed them here.”

“There were some individuals who clearly expressed a personal bias,” Durham said to Representative Mike Johnson (R., La.), adding that he’ll leave it to others and the facts to determine whether the bias against Trump was also political in addition to being personal.

[I have no trouble believing that the vast majority of investigators at the FBI are hardworking and not politicized, but their leadership clearly is the latter. Maybe the honest agents should make those apologies public — and demand more accountability from James Comey and Loretta Lynch, just as a start. — Ed]