Special Counsel John Durham tried his best to prove the “deep state” conspiracy that Donald Trump claimed was hatched by prominent Democrats and the FBI to falsely accuse him of colluding with Russia to win the 2016 election. When Durham was appointed by Attorney General William Barr in 2019, Trump, MagaWorld, and right wing pundits rejoiced. They called it “Russiagate.” Durham’s investigation, they salivated, would expose the outrageous claim that Trump needed to cheat to win.

Trump, interviewed by Fox News, ranted that a gang of villains—President Obama, Vice-President Biden, former FBI director James Comey, former Director of National Intelligence John Brennan, former CIA Director James Clapper, Hillary Clinton, and others—manipulated the FBI and its intelligence operations “to bring down a duly elected president,” “spy on my campaign” and commit “treason.” Trump bloviated: “It is the single biggest political crime in the history of our country.”