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October 25, 2019The investigation, so far administrative, led by US Justice Minister William Barr on the origins of the Russiagate has become a criminal investigation. The FBI investigation concerns the alleged collusion between Donald Trump and the Kremlin during the 2016 presidential elections. The New York Times , which first reported the change in the status of the dossier, did not specify the timing. A decision that recognizes prosecutor John H. Durham the power to sue witnesses and documents, to convene a grand jury and to present criminal charges. Executives and former executives of the FBI and the Justice Department who may be involved risk incrimination. As reported by the New York Times, it is not clear what the crime on which Durham was called to investigate, nor when the investigation was initiated.

The investigation into the alleged Russian interference in the 2016 elections, led by special prosecutor Robert Mueller, did not lead to any evidence of "conspiracy" between the Trump campaign and Moscow, but did not rule out a possible collusion of the American president. "The initiation of a criminal investigation will probably raise an alarm over the fact that Trump is using the Justice Department against those he considers enemies," the NYT said, recalling that the president dismissed the FBI director, James B. Comey, under the direction of which began the investigation of Russiagate, defined several times by the tenant of the White House "a witch hunt". any involvement "of Italy in the Russiagate. Durham is sifting through the testimony of officials and former intelligence officials involved in the Mueller investigation. The headlights were also aimed at analysts who denounced Moscow's involvement in hackers against the Democrats in 2016.

Durham reinforced his team and extended the time span of the investigation, also embracing the period following Trump's inauguration at the White House in January 2017, according to press reports that talk of a tug of war between the CIA and the Justice Department on classified documents that Barr wants to examine.

The FBI investigation into Moscow's interference had taken place in July 2016 and the sudden dismissal of then-head of the Bureau, James Comey, led to the appointment of special prosecutor Robert Mueller in May 2017. Mueller did not establish that there it was a collusion between Trump's presidential campaign and the Kremlin but highlighted a series of "inappropriate contacts" between the tycoon's advisor and the Russians. According to Fox, the Durham investigation "has expanded on the basis of new evidence gathered during his recent trip to Rome with Justice Minister William Barr".

The different status of the investigation could shift the conclusions. The disclosure of another dossier on Russiagate, led by the Inspector-General of the US Justice Department Michael Horowitz, on the alleged abuses in the Trump presidential campaign's 2016 presidential campaign, is expected soon. In a letter sent yesterday to the Senate, Horowitz announces the publication of the dossier "as soon as possible" and with "a few revisions".