You Won’t Believe Psaki’s Response When Asked About Durham Probe

Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, skirted questions about the ongoing Durham investigation, which alleges in a new filing that a group of researchers with ties to Hillary Clinton’s campaign watched Donald Trump’s web activity for ties to Russia and provided their results to the CIA.

Psaki was pressed twice by Fox News for a White House response to the new Durham filing.

“Durham says there was an outside company with ties to the Clinton camp monitoring server data info on the executive office of the president through the Obama administration, possibly into the Trump administration,” asked Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich. “Do you know if there’s still a system picking up server data on the EOP and if not, when it stopped?”

“Again, I know you asked my colleague a few questions about this the other day,” Psaki answered. “But I would point any questions about this to the Department of Justice.”

Heinrich then asked for comments on claims of watching internet traffic.

“And then is what was described in the filing,” Heinrich asked. “They’re monitoring Internet traffic, is that generally speaking – would that be considered something along the lines of spying?”

“Again, I would point you to the Department of Justice,” Psaki said, dismissing the matter.

On Feb. 11, Durham filed a motion focusing on potential conflicts of interest in the representation of former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, who has been charged with lying to a federal investigator. Sussmann has entered a not-guilty plea.

Sussmann “had assembled and conveyed the allegations to the FBI on behalf of at least two specific clients, including a technology executive (Tech Executive 1) at a U.S.-based internet company (Internet Company 1) and the Clinton campaign.” according to Durham’s filing on Feb. 11.