The recent declassification of documents has blown the lid off the so-called Russiagate hoax, confirming long-held suspicions that the narrative of Trump-Russia collusion in the 2016 election was a fabricated plot orchestrated by powerful elites to undermine a duly elected president.
These revelations, spearheaded by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, expose a coordinated effort by Obama-era officials, intelligence agencies, and complicit media to push a false narrative, vindicating those who’ve been shouting about a “deep state” coup for years. The documents, coupled with whistleblower accounts, reveal a scandal of unprecedented scale, implicating high-profile figures and shaking the foundations of trust in U.S. institutions.
On July 18th, Gabbard released the first batch of declassified documents, followed by more on July 30th, showing that in December 2016, the intelligence community (IC) initially concluded Russia did not interfere in the 2016 election via cyber attacks. “For months preceding the 2016 election, the Intelligence Community shared a consensus view: Russia lacked the intent and capability to hack U.S. elections,” Gabbard recently posted to the social media platform X “But weeks after President Trump’s historic 2016 victory defeating Hillary Clinton, everything changed.” A Presidential Daily Brief drafted on December 8, 2016, stated Russian actions didn’t impact vote counts, but this was scrapped after a December 9 White House meeting led by President Barack Obama. Attendees, including CIA Director John Brennan, DNI James Clapper, FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, National Security Advisor Susan Rice, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Attorney General Loretta Lynch, pivoted to craft a politicized January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA). This ICA falsely claimed Russia intervened to help Trump, relying on the discredited, Clinton-funded Steele Dossier, a dossier Clapper and others privately dismissed but publicly propped up.
A whistleblower’s account, released on July 30, details six years of suppressed efforts to expose this manipulation. The senior IC official faced pressure from their supervisor to endorse the ICA’s false findings for a promotion, refused to comply, and reported concerns to over a dozen government offices, including the IC Inspector General, only to be ignored or threatened. The whistleblower highlighted the ICA’s reliance on cherry-picked Russian media as “evidence” while ignoring contradictory reports from NATO allies. Gabbard’s whistleblower protections enabled this truth to surface, revealing how Obama’s team weaponized intelligence to de-legitimize Trump’s presidency.
The Durham Annex, discovered by FBI Director Kash Patel in a “burn bag” and declassified on July 31st, further implicates Hillary Clinton. It shows she personally approved the Trump-Russia hoax, using the FBI to amplify the narrative, with funding funneled through her campaign’s lawyer Marc Elias at Perkins Coie, disguised as “legal services.” Clinton’s campaign faced a mere $113,000 fine in 2022 for this deception, a slap on the wrist for what’s now called a “years-long coup.”
It was a team effort. Barack Obama allegedly directed the ICA’s rewrite to sabotage Trump. Hillary Clinton approved the false narrative, with her campaign funding the Steele Dossier. John Brennan, James Clapper, Andrew McCabe: Crafted and pushed the ICA, leaking to media like Ellen Nakashima at the Washington Post, who planted stories on the DNC “hack,” ICA “consensus,” and Carter Page’s FISA warrants. Susan Rice, John Kerry, Loretta Lynch: Participated in the pivotal White House meeting. Brian Netter: DOJ official who approved a $2 million payout to FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, implicated in the hoax, now tied to Elias’s Democracy Forward.
The corporate media’s complicity is glaring. Outlets like CNN, MSNBC, and the New York Times, which won Pulitzers for Russiagate coverage, have downplayed or ignored these revelations, protecting their role in spreading the hoax. Brennan, now an MSNBC analyst, and Clapper, a CNN contributor, deflect criticism while their networks bury the story.
For so called “conspiracy theorists”, this is sweet vindication. The “deep state” narrative, once mocked, is now backed by hard evidence. The DOJ’s July 23rd strike force to investigate these disclosures signals potential accountability, with calls for indictments growing louder. The truth, long buried, is finally out, proving the skeptics right.