In Upper Canada and Lower Canada, he formed numerous committees with essentially all the opponents of the Patriotes and made numerous personal observations on life in the colonies. 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. Have a question about Government Services? Special Counsel John Durham, of course, is scrutinizing the origins of the Obama administration's Trump/Russia probe a probe that holdover officials at the FBI and other government. He was interested in not only unifying Upper and Lower Canada but also including Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Durham's famous Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839) led to a series of reforms and changes. Indeed, from 1791 to the rebellions, the elected representatives of Lower Canada had been demanding control over the budget of the colony. An official website of the United States government. Durham also recommended the creation of a municipal government and a supreme court in British North America. The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. 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. Zack Smith is Legal Fellow and Co-Manager of the Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy Program in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. In June, it appeared in Canada in Ludger Duvernay's La Revue canadienne as Histoire de l'insurrection du Canada en rfutation du Rapport de Lord Durham (History of the insurrection of Canada in refutation of the Report of Lord Durham). The quarrel is one of an entirely English, if not British population. [2] He had just been appointed Governor General and given special powers as high commissioner of British North America. 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. His report contains the famous assessment that Lower Canada had "two nations warring within the bosom of a single state. Durham Tech 2020-2021 Annual Report (text only version) The 60th anniversary logo (a large 60 with Durham Tech -60 years of impact), is embossed over an image of the new Ingram Building. 0000017586 00000 n It was that white paper, among other materials, that Sussmann gave to the FBI.REF As previously stated, Sussmann billed Hillary for America for his time working on the white paper.REF. 0000004382 00000 n ", Henderson, Jarett. French Canadians were opposed to a union that threatened their nationality. In mid-October, Fritsch e-mailed Mark Hosenball, a reporter at Reuters, to do the [expletive] alfa bank secret comms storyit is hugely important.REF Fritsch also pushed the Alfa-Bank story on Matthew Mosk at ABC News, telling him dude this is huge in an e-mail.REF, Fritsch found a more eager reporter in Franklin Foer of Slate. The Report was highly controversial. Report: 1. Durham Report: Clinton Campaign Paid to Infiltrate Trump - Newsmax Durham Report In 1838, the British politician Lord Durham was sent to British North America to investigate the causes of the rebellions of 1837-38 in the colonies of Upper and Lower Canada. The Canadian rebellions in British political thought, 18351840. MuckRock is a non-profit collaborative news site that gives you the tools to keep our government transparent and accountable. 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. Hillary for America, Perkins Coie, Fusion GPS, and others have repeatedly, and with some success, claimed attorney-client privilege over documents and communications relating to the disinformation scheme. lm@Z 31(`w} CM ,Y\ y gg` 0000093522 00000 n She did not even live in Russia in 2016. The newly created Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was required to have equal representation from Canada East and Canada West,[14] even though the population of Canada East was considerably larger. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. hb```e``*b`a`Rcd@ AF~. 0000007262 00000 n That has been irrevocably done and the experiment of depriving the people of their present constitutional power is not to be thought of."[8]. Durham report pdf 2021. the details, and results of air quality monitoring for 2021 at !3v V!IT&`:caM&YH~susF*`L`}GbeU"iiN;_"8' ZQ~jL$%~o,2Du&^}FYW&!m6*X3~n/ReCe, Without effecting the change so rapidly or so roughly as to shock the feelings and trample on the welfare of the existing generation, it must henceforth be the first and steady purpose of the British Government to establish an English population, with English laws and language, in this Province, and to trust its government to none but a decidedly English Legislature. 0000001907 00000 n hbbd``b`: $@Dp,. Adobe Reader may be required to view some documents. DA Deberry will present the 2021 Annual Report virtually on Wednesday, February 16, at 6 p.m. Members of the public can view the presentation and submit questions on the Durham DA's Office . Galkina was (perhaps unknowingly)REF a source who provided a great deal of information to Danchenko that was ultimately reported in the Steele Dossier. 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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). In October, Fritsch and two other Fusion GPS employees visited Foer at his home to brief him on the Alfa-Bank allegations. endobj 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. 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. :5O\" ARVER3Dil4@{:F=C,H)X;LS'Pk&mJtNOFw_W:U3!Q#J 2h0"'}_hD2 \ Analysis of Durham County Council's data 7 4. stream 0000003935 00000 n Please do not reply to this e-mail, as this account is not monitored. To the extent that was true at all, it was only true among Trump's closest political allies, not the. The Durham Report: Senate Republicans DEMAND Complete Public Transparency endstream endobj 75 0 obj <>stream The information herein is taken largely from indictments and other court filings in the cases filed against Michael Sussmann and Igor Danchenko. 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. Foer expressed great interest in the story, e-mailing Fritsch: My editors are very excited about this piece. This is a big story. B/W PDF download. To better enhance this relationship, we are providing clarification and information on our Use of Force policy. 2 0 obj In an effort to further increase public aware- ness of Soviet active measures, the FBI has provided me with an update of its 1983 report on Soviet active measures operations here in the United States. 0000003227 00000 n 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. L*%.%3v8;;z}} 0aEK.Ayz=um [eL&4:Dh@r,Lf?^f-E} SLL FpS9 $p% $ #1Kplr WXi6F:XoF`-\ @oE9Xs!pQnGQF 06 8~IHu8&'_ 0c _*@nHJgj(fY|\[b\88( R|0)c $_q2un3-W7hr.W7qt}yaH "Lord Durham and the British Background of His Report. Rogue Prosecutor Steve Descano Drops Case Against Criminal Who Crashed Car Into Familys Minivan, How DNA and Cell Phone Evidence in Idaho Murders Complied With the Fourth Amendment. Unravelling all of the major and minor players in Hillary for Americas disinformation campaign is daunting. Lorenzen began carefully keeping logs of the Trump servers DNS [domain name system] activity and circulated the data in periodic batches to colleagues in the cybersecurity world.REF Lorenzens datareferred to by Durham as the Russian Bank Datapurported to show the existence of a secret channel of communications between the Trump Organization and Alfa-Bank.REF One of the colleagues Lorenzen provided the Internet data to was Rodney Joffe.REF, Rodney Joffe (Neustar, Inc.). 0000007240 00000 n However, Durham believed that the problems in mostly Lower Canada were not of a political nature, but rather of an ethnic one. The notable British Whig politician John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, was sent to the Canadas in 1838 to investigate and report on the causes of the rebellions of 183738. As reported in the Wall Street Journal, in 2016, Galkina was a press secretary to Aleksej Gubarev, a Russian Internet entrepreneur living in Cyprus.REF In early 2016, Galkina travelled to Washington, D.C., in an effort to develop a marketing campaign for Servers.com, one of Gubarevs business interests. HtUn0+xLqR Lord Durham's Report on the Affairs of British North America abridged to highlight constitutional defects and recommendations with context REPORT TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY YOUR MAJESTY, in entrusting me with the Government of the Province of Lower Canada, during the critical period of the suspension of its constitution, was . Washington DC 20530, Contact the Department 0000005119 00000 n endstream endobj 73 0 obj <>stream Phone: 202-514-2000 The WSJ report cited anonymous sources. The central players in the joint venture were Hillary for America, Perkins Coie LLP, and Fusion GPS. hAk0a(NHpvYJ'!3CE=}3s`. "X $d,r\oor%]wz]r= Vo Dq/ That is particularly the case when, as here, Hillary Clintons political operation retained a law firm in an attempt to provide legal cover for the campaigns opposition research efforts. HtTn0+xt!| * Vz-[MTr(-^Cgv/7E~;/}*~M&4*(D "MMa)\4bL!%p%@ I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 1, 2021. While opposition research will continue to be a standard part of political campaigns, the actions taken by the Clinton campaign should be condemned in order never to be repeated. For instance, Danchenko allegedly told the FBI that none of his conversations with Charles Dolan (infra.) Q tfzN+j))).P"L rU*5qp\j+K^!he _ "Z;sg?2\$vnW45$G'uo51H.Y "*gh&8^Wg~s?RXvY3 ;pk+s h 0tvgS`cX>w%L)O Tr31L+%'0|3!Yc?tc.|1TeGw r2Pf)+j|s{p M4wHy:oOxu5 9c$V. 0000002513 00000 n 0000004612 00000 n Archive Center. Eric HotchkissSenior Government Information SpecialistOffice of Information Policy, Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Act Request #FOIA-2021-01633. 0000010649 00000 n Lord Durham found that although the rebellions of Upper and Lower Canada were over, peace and unity were yet to be found in Canada. I received your voicemail asking for a status of your request for a copy of the Durham Report Executive Summary. Fusion GPS is a Washington, D.C.based consulting firm that, according to its website, provides premium research, strategic intelligence, and due diligence services to corporations, law firms, and investors worldwide.REF The firm was founded by two former journalists, Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch.REF, Marc Elias of Perkins Coie hired Fusion GPS in April 2016 to perform a variety of research services relating to then-candidate Donald Trump.REF Simpson, Fritsch, and others at Fusion GPS conducted preliminary research on then-candidate Trump, then collectively decided that they needed to do what they could to keep Trump out of the White House.REF Perkins Coie, using funds paid to it by Hillary for America and the DNC, paid Fusion GPS more than $1 million in 2016.REF, Fusion GPSs role was to provide opposition research on then-candidate Trump relating to his alleged relationship with Russia. A-month-and-a-half earlier, Perkins Coies Marc Elias exchanged e-mails with Robbie Mook, Jennifer Palmieri, and Jake Sullivan concerning the [Alfa-Bank] allegations that Sussmann had recently shared with [the New York Times Eric Lichtblau].REF The opposition research efforts that resulted in the Slate article,REF as well as other articles published on October 31 in the New York Times by Eric LichtblauREF and Mother Jones by David Corn,REF were bought and paid for by Hillary for America through campaign agents Perkins Coie, Fusion GPS, and others. In an August 2016 e-mail to Lorenzen, Dagon, and Antonakakis, Joffe stated that the data was not a secret communications channel between the Trump organization and Alfa-Bank, but rather was a red herring.REF. [citation needed], Durham resigned on 9 October 1838 amid controversy excited in London by his decision of the penal questions[17] and was soon replaced by Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham, who was responsible for implementing the Union of the Canadas. According to Durhams indictment, Danchenko fabricated the Steele Dossiers central allegationthat the Trump campaign was conspiring with Russia. ", Cameron, David R. "Lord Durham Then and Now. "DURHAM REPORT ROCKS POLITICAL WORLD," one of the banners on One America News proclaimed. H|Tn@}WOgRU KYdKP&m&% ^\o8"e;e8zEqunc{fq'VcLpHAkl\8+"/{vyX3*NHF_Y>Eq$p]G}W "=D_f~=1+7r0+KStvf^o+#<2P ~.4$!/WNSj@(\uX;|(" ZsCj/~>y>h*)au@8B/~lv[yei(+Y-rXG(Rp4X6)-dQ_@n+pk9"Z.;X@v*{0EpdC{dBBUnDkT [15] Lord Durham had not recommended this approach and had instead proposed that the representation should be based on the respective populations of the two regions. Lord Durham's report on the affairs of British North America; The meetings were represented as nonpartisan, respectable, loyal, orderly and deserving of parliamentary support. FACTS A. Overview of the incident On March 11, 2017 at approximately 12:59 a.m., 911 received a call regarding a disturbance at 18 Edgewood Road in Durham, NH. A briefing report was provided to the Environment and Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee (OSC) on the 11th April 2022 which updated Members on local air quality management across County Durham. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not. This paper summarizes Special Counsel Durhams findings to date regarding just some of the actions taken by key players in Hillary for Americas 2016 disinformation campaign against Trump. It is one thing to dredge up a political candidates youthful indiscretions or shady financial dealings, but it is quite another to invent and fabricate sensational allegations, present them to the FBI as fact, and serve them to a willing media in the weeks before Election Day. View the Durham Police Department Promise (PDF) View the Durham Police Department General Orders (PDF) August 12, 2021 Back in April of 2019, Attorney General William Barr appointed John Durham to look into how the FBI investigated whether or not the Trump campaign colluded with Russian officials. Danchenko claims that in July 2016, he received a phone call from an anonymous caller he believed to be Millian, even though he had never met him and never heard his voice.REF Danchenko claimed that he and the mysterious caller spoke for 1015 minutes, during which time they discussed Paul Manafort, Carter Page, communications between the Trump campaign and Russian officials, and information to the effect that the Kremlin might be of help to get Trump elected.REF Danchenko further claimed that he and the anonymous caller agreed to meet in New York City in the future. 86 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<941EA52D12A78343B6ADFE423C199631>]/Index[68 26]/Info 67 0 R/Length 86/Prev 360930/Root 69 0 R/Size 94/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream He released a campaign statement regarding an article that had appeared in Slate magazine.REF Sullivan, as if learning about Alfa-Bank for the first time, feverishly stated: To amplify Sullivans statement, Hillary Clinton herself tweeted the press release to her 10 million followers, stating, Computer scientists have apparently uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank.REF. The assertion that the so-called "French" Canadians had no history and no culture and that the conflict was primarily that of two ethnic groups evidently outraged Papineau. Special Counsels Office 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 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. 0000011210 00000 n % There is some indication that Clinton knew of and approved the campaign. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and 41 Senate colleagues sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland to request an update on the status of Special Counsel John Durham's review of the origins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's inquiry into allegations of Russian collusion during . Responsible government was only granted to these colonies after 1848.[13]. PDF Office ofthe Attorney General - The New York Times Hillary for Americas disinformation efforts consisted of two main components: (1) creating and disseminating the so-called Steele Dossier that falsely alleged, inter alia, the existence of an extensive conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin;REF and (2) concocting false allegations regarding a secret computer communications link between the Trump organization and Alfa-Bank, Russias largest private commercial bank.