Letter to the editor: Durham's filings revealing

The current media drumbeat is that nothing new in the Russian collusion scandal can be learned from Special Counsel John Durham’s filings. That’s not true. In a recent filing, Durham says that a private contractor, Rodney Joffe of Neustar, collected internet data from surveillance of Trump Tower and the White House and shared it with the Clinton campaign. The filing also shows that the Trump surveillance began during the Obama administration.

The contractor had access to information from a government-funded cybersecurity research contract. His purpose in spying was to gather derogatory information on then-President Trump. Apparently, the contractor was also offered a job in a future Clinton administration.

This recent information ties in with previous Durham filings. Durham says data was used by another Clinton-connected lawyer, Michael Sussman, to convince the FBI and CIA to investigate Trump. Remember the Robert Mueller investigation which droned on for three years? This investigation was conducted using information obtained illegally by the Clinton campaign from all these intermediaries.

What does this all mean? It means Durham has potentially uncovered the most destructive political assassination in the history of the U.S., and thanks to a routine court filing the nation now knows it. The Durham investigation needs to be pursued to the end and those responsible charged. So, to the media, there is something here and it’s long overdue to receive the proper coverage.

Andrew Jarabak

Murrysville