We wonder whether our readers have heard of an innocuous chap called John Durham. We reckon not. National Review Online's Jim Geraghty is the Senior Political Correspondent of National Review. He has written a lengthy piece profiling the mysterious Mr Durham.
We reproduce some bits and pieces of Jim Geraghty's article so that readers can get the flavour--but, we hazard a guess--you will want to read the whole piece.
Firstly, the headline of the article raises high stakes: "The Last Trusted Prosecutor in Washington: John Durham is the legendary lawman digging into how the intelligence probe of Donald Trump started."
Here a a couple of paragraphs which should get the curiosity genes scrambling.
To say Durham is tight-lipped is an understatement; he lets his courtroom arguments speak for him and rarely talks to reporters at all. Those who have covered him for years — or, more accurately, tried to cover him — say that when he does run into reporters, he is cordial but uninformative, and almost never on the record. In Durham’s questionnaire for the Senate while awaiting confirmation to be a U.S. Attorney, he was asked to list his written work. He answered that he had never written or published any books, articles, reports, or letters to the editor. (The Senate confirmed him unanimously, with home-state senator Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.) calling him “a fierce, fair prosecutor” who “dedicated his life to public service and the pursuit of justice.”) Durham is nicknamed, inevitably, “the Bull,” and his reputation makes clear he doesn’t take any of it from anyone.And Durham has plenty of signs of integrity and professionalism. He is not in the business of trying to showboat himself to enhance his standing, reputation, and career.
