The deranged partisan hacks running America's once-respected institutions are completely, utterly, maybe irredeemably, shameless.

What other verdict can one reach after reading Special Counsel John Durham's report on the FBI investigation of President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign?

It should never – never in a thousand years – have been launched.

And the news media – the supposed independent servants of democracy, who demand that every Republican swear on their children that the 2020 vote was free, fair, and won by Biden – were more than happy to go along with it.

But now we know, the real election meddling was state sponsored.

The FBI 'failed to uphold their mission of strict fidelity to the law,' wrote Durham.

He found that the agency kicked off a full-fledged probe, at the height of an election, into a presidential campaign based on 'raw,' 'unevaluated,' and ultimately, dud information.

They ignored exculpatory evidence and were blinded by preconceived notions.

At best, they're the Keystone Cops. At worst, they're direct descendants of J. Edgar Hoover. It's damning.

America was told Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulous had secret connections to the Kremlin. He didn't.