Former President Donald Trump says he hasn't heard a peep from special counsel John Durham as he wraps up his yearslong investigation into the origins and conduct of the Russia inquiry.
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt popped the question Thursday during a wide-ranging interview with the 45th president, who has long decried special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation as a "witch hunt" that targeted his allies and himself.
"I’ve never heard from Durham, never once. I never heard from him," Trump said to Hewitt following inquiries about whether the former president has been contacted for an interview or if he knows anything about the special counsel's progress.
This tracks with what former Rep. Trey Gowdy said on his podcast in May.
"There are people that were really, really high up in government. Like really high up in government in the last administration that I talked to in the last week, and they don't have a clue," the former federal prosecutor said.
Rep. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, often praises the investigation for lacking leaks, saying it's a "good sign" Durham is running a "legitimate" operation.
Still, Trump often asks, "Where’s Durham?" in a show of frustration stemming back to before the 2020 election, when he vented at then-Attorney General William Barr for not pushing Durham to produce a report or more indictments ahead of his faceoff against now-President Joe Biden.
During the entire investigation, Durham...
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