Republican senators are asking Attorney General Merrick Garland to allow John Durham to continue his investigation after the special counsel put forward allegations that information was mined at Trump properties and the White House and used to weave a phony Trump-Russia collusion narrative.

The senators called upon Garland to write back with assurances that Durham would be allowed to continue his work, saying the special counsel’s findings already “include the highly concerning, and potentially criminal, manipulation and exploitation of federal law enforcement resources to target American citizens, including a presidential candidate, based upon fabricated evidence that had been procured and disseminated by individuals closely connected with a rival political campaign.”