I know no one expects Jonathan Turley to be consistent anymore, but it is hilarious that a guy who went on at length abt defects in Mueller's appointment takes AS EVIDENCE Durham's appointment to be proof there's something there. https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn/status/1335571261213339650

He does so in spite the fact that the Durham investigation has ONLY charged one person--based entirely on evidence obtained by Michael Horowitz--in the span of time that Mueller had indicted around 36 people and spun off 14 more referrals.

For those asking, March 18, 2021 will be the day when the Durham investigation will have gone on longer than the Mueller investigation.

As I've noted, the collective investigation into RU investigation has ALREADY lasted 69% longer than RU investigation. https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/12/01/the-investigations-into-the-russian-investigation-have-lasted/

With the first 18 months of the Mueller investigation, they had charged:
George Papadopoulos
Paul Manafort
Rick Gates
Mike Flynn
12 Russian trolls
Yevgeniy Prigozhin & 3 companies
Richard Pinedo
Alex van der Zwaan
Konstantin Kilimnik
12 GRU officers

Durham has charged Clinesmith

After those 32 people, in the four last months of the Mueller investigation, they charged Michael Cohen and Roger Stone.

And referred 14 other investigations.

Plus, the Egyptian bribery case, Greg Craig, Steve Calk, and Manafort's FARA co-conspirators.

Oh, and have I mentioned that Paul Manafort very kindly reimbursed the US Treasury to cover the costs of his own prosecution and that of the other 33 people charged?

Mueller considered the Manafort forfeiture when they signed the plea deal w/him (even though they knew he was still secretly talking to co-conspirators). It's one reason they were willing to do the deal -- bc he wouldn't get the $$ back.

@AWeissmann_ addressed it in his book: