Sean Hannity opened his show on Thursday tonight with breaking news — Attorney General Bill Barr says Prosecutor John Durham’s investigation is now a CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION!

** The Change in Status Gives Investigators Ability to Subpoena Witnesses, Use Grand Jury

** NYT Reports that DOJ Durham probe has “shifted” from an administrative review of the Russia investigation “to a criminal inquiry.”

BREAKING: NYT Reports that DOJ Durham probe has "shifted" from an administrative review of the Russia investigation "to a criminal inquiry." We're digging. More at 11p @FoxNews @FoxNewsNight — Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) October 25, 2019

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Following the news tonight Democrat leaders Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler lashed out at the Department of Justice and President Trump on Thursday night calling the criminal probe Trump’s “political revenge.”

Nadler/Schiff: These reports, if true, raise profound new concerns that the Department of Justice under Attorney General William Barr has lost its independence and become a vehicle for President Trump’s political revenge. — Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) October 25, 2019

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