Several FBI agents and United Kingdom intelligence officers were dumbfounded by the decision by FBI higher-ups to start an investigation of Trump campaign aides for supposed collusion with Russia in 2016.
Early on, UK intelligence officers pointed out that the justification for opening the probe was flimsy. Later, they saw its continuation as fruitless. Ultimately, UK intelligence refused FBI requests for assistance, according to the recently issued final report by special counsel John Durham.
