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John Durham, appointed by ex-Attorney General Bill Barr, released 300-page report without comment or commentary.
David Gergen: No smoking gun, no vast Hillary Clinton-led liberal plot to undermine the Trump presidency.
He says the attorney general of the U.S. is supposed to be an "independent proponent of the rule of law" Gergen says the position of attorney general is a challenging one for a lawyer.
Barr failed to serve his primary clients of the people of the United States, says Julian Zelizer.
Zelizer: Barr's conduct undermines the concept of independence and violates the purpose of the appointment of an independent counsel.
He says future AGs must follow the laws established to ensure that very independence has been established.
VR Score
79
Informative language
78
Neutral language
42
Article tone
formal
Language
English
Language complexity
65
Offensive language
not offensive
Hate speech
not hateful
Attention-grabbing headline
not detected
Known propaganda techniques
not detected
Time-value
short-lived
External references
2
Source diversity
2
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