Cornyn warns Biden will pay a ‘big price’ if he fires Durham

Published December 2, 2020 2:34am ET



Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn warned President-elect Joe Biden that firing special counsel John Durham, who was appointed to continue investigating the origins of the Russia inquiry in the next administration, would be a risky move.

“I think there would be a big price to pay, and I think they would be very ill-advised to do that,” Cornyn told the Washington Examiner. “By and large, I think the vice president’s not personally implicated. This is, of course, the Obama administration and those Justice Department officials.”

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