John Henry Durham is an American lawyer. He has been the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut since February 2018. He is known for leading an inquiry into allegations that FBI agents and Boston police had ties with the mob. In May 2019, U.S. Attorney General William Barr tasked Durham with overseeing a review of the origins of the Russia investigation.
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John Henry Durham is an American lawyer. He has been the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut since February 2018. He is known for leading an inquiry into allegations that FBI agents and Boston police had ties with the mob, and his role as special prosecutor in the 2005 CIA interrogation tapes destruction. In May 2019, U.S. Attorney General William Barr tasked Durham with overseeing a review of the origins of the Russia investigation and to determine if intelligence collection involving the Trump campaign was “lawful and appropriate” Durham received a B. A. degree with honors from Colgate University in 1972. He received a J. D. degree in 1975 from the University of Connecticut School of Law. Durham had been an Assistant U. S. Attorney in various positions in the District. of Connecticut for 35 years. He was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as U. s. Attorney for Connecticut on November 1, 2017, and confirmed by voice vote of the Senate on February 16, 2018. Durham also led a series of high-profile prosecutions in Connecticut against the New England Mafia and corrupt politicians, including former governor John G.
Rowland. In 2008, Durham was appointed by Attorney General Michael Mukasey to investigate the destruction of CIA videotapes of detainee interrogations. In August 2009, Durham’s mandate was to look at only those interrogations that had gone beyond the officially sanctioned guidelines with Attorney General Holder saying interrogators who had acted in “good faith” were not to be prosecuted. Durham’s final report remains secret but was the subject of an unsuccessful Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by The New York Times reporter Charlie Savage. In December 2000, Durham revealed secret FBI documents that convinced a judge to vacate the 1968 murder convictions of Enrico Tameleo, Joseph Salvati, Peter J. Limone and Louis Greco because they had been framed by the agency. In 2007, the documents helped Salvati and the families of the two other men, who had died in prison, win a USD 101. 7 million civil judgment against the government. In November 2010, Durham closed the investigation without recommending any criminal charges be filed.
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