President Trump and his allies are piling extreme pressure on Attorney General Bill Barr to release a report that Trump believes could hurt perceived Obama-era enemies β and view Barr’s designation of John Durham as special counsel as a stall tactic, sources familiar with the conversations tell Axios…
Within Trump’s orbit, sources told Axios, Tuesday’s revelation was seen as a smokescreen to forestall the release of the so-called Durham report, which senior administration officials believe is already complete β and which Barr had ruled out issuing before the election…
Trump has been ranting about the delay behind the scenes and mused privately about replacing Barr with somebody who will expedite the process. But itβs unclear whether he will follow through with that, per sources familiar with the conversations.
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