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There is irrefutable evidence that detail how president Obama and his national security team directed the creation of an intelligence community assessment that they knew was false. They knew it would promote this contrived narrative that Russia interfered in the twenty sixteen election to help president Trump win, selling it to the American people as though it were true. It wasn't. The report that we released today shows in great detail how they carried this out. They manufactured findings from shoddy sources. They suppressed evidence and credible intelligence that disproved their false claims. They disobeyed traditional tradecraft intelligence community standards and withheld the truth from the American people. In doing so, they conspired to subvert the will of the American people who elected Donald Trump in that election in November 2016.

Breaking news from the Southern District of Florida (SD-FL): two junior assistant US attorneys have resigned after being asked to participate in a broad investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. A source familiar with internal concerns tells MSNBC that US Attorney Jason Redding Quinones called a division-wide meeting this afternoon to address the resignations and the investigation. The reporting notes that at least 30 subpoenas were sent out late Friday by SD-FL to individuals including former CIA chief John Brennan and former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. In addition to the resignations, it is reported that one of the junior ASAs who resigned felt unable to participate because doing so would violate their ethical responsibilities. The resignations are notable because it would be unusual for junior ASAs to be pulled into such a major investigation. Significantly, the subpoenas were signed by SD-FL’s number three, the executive assistant US attorney, rather than by a career prosecutor in leadership. This is presented as abnormal, with a comparison made to past instances where leadership signatures were absent from such actions, such as Lindsay Halligan signing indictments in the Northern District of Virginia due to a lack of available career prosecutors. The developments prompted SD-FL US Attorney Quinones to convene a unit-wide meeting of two to three dozen prosecutors in the major crimes division. The scope of the ongoing investigation remains unclear, but it is connected to the broader claim—involving Trump administration officials—that former Obama and Biden administration officials undertook to undermine the candidacies and presidencies of Donald Trump. The report also notes that President Trump has explicitly called for the jailing of Barack Obama and referenced other individuals in relation to the investigation. Subpoenas have been issued, and at least two SD-FL assistant US attorneys have resigned so far. In summary, two junior ASAs resigned after being asked to participate in a high-profile investigation tied to claims of Russian interference in 2016, with subpoenas issued to notable former officials, and the sign-off on those subpoenas coming from the office’s number-three official, prompting an internal meeting at SD-FL.

There are too many connections between Trump and Russia to be coincidences, including financial entanglements and attempts to hide meetings. Regardless of the Trump investigation, Russia interfered in the election to help Trump, hurt the speaker, and destabilize democracy, and they haven't stopped. The Russians stole campaign manager John Podesta's emails, conveyed them to WikiLeaks, and released them the same day as the "Hollywood Access" tape. The emails were weaponized and targeted at specific voters. Investigators are looking into where the Russians got the targeting information. The Russian government, directed by Putin, engaged in espionage against Americans to influence the election, as confirmed by 17 intelligence agencies. The most important question is whether Trump will admit and condemn Russian interference and reject their espionage, which he has encouraged in the past. Trump's admiration for Putin, a "wannabe dictator," is exemplified by his suggestion to leave NATO, giving a green light to a "murderous, brutal dictator."

The department has issued a letter outlining restrictions on the speaker’s testimony, and as a result, the speaker will not answer questions on topics of public interest that fall under those restrictions. Specifically, questions about the opening of the FBI’s Russia investigation, which occurred months before the speaker’s appointment, and matters related to the Steele dossier cannot be addressed. These topics are the subject of ongoing review by the department, and any inquiries should be directed to the FBI or the Justice Department. The speaker reiterates the importance of adhering to what is written in the department’s report. The report contains the findings and analysis, along with the reasons for the decisions made. The speaker states that the results of the investigation were stated with precision and that there is no intention to summarize or describe the results in a different way during the testimony. Moreover, the speaker has previously stated that they will not comment on the actions of the attorney general or of Congress. The speaker emphasizes a commitment to their role and to the standards of the department. They note that they were appointed as a prosecutor and intend to adhere to that role and to the department standards that govern. Finally, the speaker reflects on a history of challenges to democracy, highlighting that the Russian government’s efforts to interfere in U.S. elections are among the most serious.

The discussion argues that identifying government corruption requires identifying the actors, and frames RussiaGate as a politically funded operation used in intelligence and law enforcement to obtain a secret-court authorization by lying about a political opponent to surveil him, taking two years to unpack. The central claim is that Gina Haspel was a leading architect of RussiaGate and remained behind the scenes, later becoming Trump’s CIA director. The transcript asserts that in 2016, when RussiaGate was launched in England, Gina Haspel was the CIA station chief for England and the top intelligence officer in the United Kingdom. It claims that, for lawful overseas intelligence and law enforcement operations, the number-one office of the DNI representation must authorize offensive operations, and that Gina Haspel, as the authorized representative in England, had to authorize such activities. The transcript states that new reporting indicates US FBI and intelligence community officials, and possibly other overseas intelligence allies, were involved in “bumpings” in England, and that this could not have happened without Haspel’s authorization. It further claims the key questions were why she did it, what legality she understood, what extent of knowledge she had, and what internal memorandums she would have written to authorize the conduct, including who she worked with, such as Comey, McCabe, Stroock, Page, and others, across England and America. A second key point is that, according to the transcript, Haspel blocked release of an ICA (Intelligence Community Assessment) report. It refers to a report by Devin Nunes and the team on John Brennan’s ICA that the transcript says was critical and should have been released during the Trump administration through the end. It claims Haspel stonewalled it and that it remains in a safe at CIA headquarters, portraying this as the reason the report is still classified and not publicly available. The transcript explains that in 2016 and 2017, John Brennan was ordered by Obama to issue the ICA on what Russia did, if anything, to interfere in US elections, and that the produced report was largely false. It states that, in parallel, Nunes and others created a classified seventeen-page report assessing what went into the ICA, who conducted interviews, what intelligence was used, whether it was false, and whether there was political motivation. The transcript says this report was not released, and calls Haspel the single most important figure blocking it. It also claims this helps demonstrate that the IC was involved and that there was “tons more corruption.” The transcript adds that the president reportedly wanted declassification, but says Haspel worked with DOJ figures including Pat Cipollone and others to argue “national security” concerns. It states the declassification fight was lost due to time constraints and links Joe Biden’s win to burying the materials. It concludes by saying that if President Trump wins, the transcript expects this and other material to be declassified, and it cites Washington Post journalist David Ignatius writing an article congratulating Haspel for blocking release, implying that the article reflected knowledge of the report’s contents and political impact.

The investigation reveals that the CIA framed Trump by manipulating foreign spies to target his campaign associates. Classified documents suggest Russia actually preferred Hillary in 2016, but the CIA, led by John Brennan, fabricated evidence to suggest Russian interference in favor of Trump. Brennan's manipulation of intelligence led to the false conclusion that Russia supported Trump. The CIA is withholding a 50-page report confirming Russia's preference for Hillary. Accountability for Brennan's actions lies with Congress, who must demand the release of these documents.

We have found the evidence that proves that this Obama led intelligence community assessment was a contrived document, that was knowingly made using a fake intelligence or substandard intelligence in order to drive this, conclusion that president Obama wanted to see, which was that Russia helped Donald Trump get elected in 2016 or at least aspire to. This directly contradicted every other intelligence community assessment, every other assessment that came from the intelligence community for the last several months prior, both before the twenty sixteen election as well as immediate, immediately after.

The FBI investigated Donald Trump due to concerns about his ties to Russia, based on observable facts indicating a potential threat to national security and the possibility of a crime. The decision to investigate was made because the FBI is obligated to open a case when there's an articulable basis to believe a threat exists, regardless of the subject's position. Contributing factors included Trump publicly undermining the investigation, referring to it as a hoax, and the intelligence community's assessment of Russian support for his campaign. By May 2017, there were ample facts suggesting potential obstruction of justice. The speaker couldn't explain Trump's repeated leaning towards the Russians and defense of Vladimir Putin, but noted that his actions and words were concerning. The investigation grappled with a president who may have committed a federal crime and posed a national security risk. The national security risk related to the counterintelligence case, specifically Trump's potential obstruction of justice to negatively impact the investigation into Russian interference and potential connections with his campaign.

People are trying to say that the FBI is corrupt and that the Steele dossier is discredited, and that the investigation into Russian interference is based on nonsense. However, the Steele dossier was taken seriously because it corroborated reports the bureau had received from other sources, including one inside the Trump camp. There is a big move to undermine the Mueller investigation by calling it names. The American people were attacked, and that can't happen again. It is unpatriotic to try to stop an investigation from going forward so we can make sure it doesn't happen again.

Mueller indicted Russians for direct election interference and boosting Trump in 2016. Some Americans are also engaged in this kind of propaganda. Whether they should be civilly or criminally charged could be a better deterrence.

A grand jury in D.C. indicted 12 Russian military officers for conspiring to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. 11 defendants are charged with hacking computers, stealing documents, and releasing them to interfere in the election. One of those defendants and a twelfth officer are charged with conspiring to infiltrate computers of organizations involved in administering elections. The defendants worked for two units of the GRU, using spear phishing and hacking to steal information. They accessed email accounts of a US presidential campaign, a congressional campaign committee, and a national political committee, planting malicious code and stealing emails. They created fictitious online personas like DC Leaks and Guccifer 2.0 to release stolen documents, falsely claiming they were American or Romanian hackers. Stolen documents were also transferred to another organization to enhance the impact on the election. Russian GRU officers also hacked a state election board website, stealing information about 500,000 voters, and targeted a company supplying voter registration software. The indictment includes charges of conspiring to access computers without authorization, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering. There is no allegation that any American citizen committed a crime or that the conspiracy changed the vote count or affected any election result.

The war right now happening between Russia, Ukraine, and the West support of it actually was an extension of Russiagate. "Russiagate desensitized the Democrat party to hate Russia." The Russia narrative "came ex nihilo." "Putin became an acceptable villain for the Democrat party." "That all goes back to Russiagate." Our intel services are actually more about picking winners and losers in American elections and to thwart the will of pop sovereignty. "Obama personally ordered an intel report"—"Russia behind this election?" The report said no. "Russia was not behind this election, did not manipulate votes." FBI and CIA seem to be working on the same page. "The insurance policy" and "Dossier paid for by the Democrat party with Clinton funds to then illegally be able to spy on the Trump campaign." Rod Rosenstein was running the entire DOJ. This is the fourth branch of government—"unelected, unaccountable."

There are more documents to be declassified that will show how sinister the FBI was in amplifying Hillary Clinton's steel dossier as real and credible, and how they buried the counterintelligence referral memo. According to Speaker 1, he and FBI director Patel will be declassifying these additional documents. Speaker 1 stated that there is no Russia collusion hoax file cabinet at the FBI or CIA, and that they have to look for well-hidden documents by tracing through emails and looking for signs and clues. The Trump administration will continue to shed transparency, light, and truth because this was the greatest political scandal of our lifetime. It derailed the country and President Trump's first four years in office, and Donald Trump is committed to making sure it doesn't happen again.

Speaker 0 says that over the last several weeks they declassified and released documents exposing that President Obama and leaders in the intelligence community knowingly manufactured a false intelligence document after the 2016 election. The document alleged that Russia aspired to help President Trump win the election with the aim of undermining his presidency and usurping the will and the voices of the American people who sent Trump to the White House.

The speaker asserts that Russia interfered in the 2016 election with purpose, sophistication, and overwhelming technical efforts via an active measures campaign driven from the top of the Russian government. This is a high confidence judgment of the entire intelligence community. The speaker confirms that entities beyond the DNC and DCCC were targeted, including government, non-governmental, and near-governmental agencies like nonprofits. The speaker estimates that the Russians specifically targeted hundreds, possibly over a thousand, entities.

President Obama tasked us with the intelligence community assessment, which led to the ongoing Special Counsel Mueller investigation. However, neither President Obama nor I knew about the FBI investigation on Trump. I personally found out about it as a private citizen through the Washington Post. It's important to note that the White House traditionally does not involve itself in such matters. The Republicans in Congress are focusing on the dossier, but they had no involvement in it.

We look at where we are now over the last several weeks. We've declassified and released documents that exposed how president Obama and leaders in the intelligence community knowingly manufactured a false intelligence document after the twenty sixteen election was done, after the American people said, no, we want Donald Trump to go and be our commander in chief, not Hillary Clinton. And this manufactured document alleged that Russia aspired to help president Trump win the election with the aim of undermining his presidency and usurping the will and the voices of the American people who sent Trump to the White House.

A grand jury in D.C. indicted 12 Russian military officers for conspiring to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. 11 defendants are charged with hacking computers, stealing documents, and releasing them to interfere in the election. One of those 11, plus a 12th officer, are charged with infiltrating computers of organizations administering elections, including state boards and software suppliers. The defendants worked for two units of the GRU, Russia's main intelligence directorate, engaging in cyber operations. They used spear phishing and malicious software to steal information from a presidential campaign, a congressional campaign committee, and a national political committee. They created fictitious online personas like DC Leaks and Guccifer 2.0 to release stolen documents, falsely claiming they were American or Romanian hackers. Stolen documents were also passed to another organization for release. GRU officers also hacked a state election board website, stealing data on 500,000 voters, and targeted a company supplying voter registration software. The indictment includes charges of conspiracy to access computers without authorization, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering via cryptocurrency to conceal Russian connections. There is no allegation that any American citizen committed a crime or that the conspiracy changed the vote count or affected any election result.

Speaker 0: Well, I'm I'm not suggesting cooperation at all. Keep in mind that those statements were in the context of everyone now acting surprised by the CIA assessment that this was done purposely to, improve Trump's chances. And my only point was that shouldn't be treated as a blockbuster because that was the worst kept secret in this town. Everybody understood that. It was reported on. Steve, if you go back and look at your stories, if you read any mainstream publication, you would see that if you have a hack of the DNC and a hack of Hillary Clinton's most senior advisors' emails, and those things are then released in drip, drip, drip fashion over the course of months. And that seem to generate consistently negative coverage despite the fact that there's nothing in there that's particularly controversial, that it's mostly just, as I said, political gossip or routine emails between folks who are working, in a campaign environment, then it it's a pretty clear inference that people would draw and did draw that this was helping the Trump campaign and it was hurting the the Hillary campaign. That doesn't mean that the Trump campaign was coordinating. It just means that they understood what everybody else understood, which was that this was not good for Hillary Clinton's campaign. And when you combine that with the fact that the president-elect has been very honest about his admiration for Putin, and that he hopes to forge a more cooperative relationship with him and focus on the threat of Islamic terrorism, then my only point was we shouldn't now suddenly act as if this is a huge revelation. In October, we said, after being very careful about it because we had no interest in appearing as if we were putting our thumbs on the scales, we did what was almost unprecedented, which was every intelligence agency in the federal government arrived at a consensus that the Russians had hacked, the DNC, and the information was that was now being released, was as a consequence of a decision by Russian intelligence and Russian officials at the highest levels. So what the CIA is now assessing, which was it was done purposefully to tilt the election in another in the direction of a particular candidate, shouldn't be a surprise to anybody and in fact isn't a surprise to anybody.

The special counsel found no evidence that any US person or Trump campaign official conspired or knowingly coordinated with Russia's interference efforts. While criminal charges were brought against Russian nationals, the key point is that collusion was not found. This supports what the president has maintained. The White House, the president, and his attorneys should be pleased with this report. After two years of asserting there was no Russia collusion, the president is now backed up by Mueller. The evidence does not establish that the president was involved in an underlying crime related to Russian election interference. This conclusion is supported by the special counsel's extensive investigation, which included over 2,800 subpoenas, nearly 500 search warrants, and interviews with approximately 500 witnesses.

"We look at where we are now over the last several weeks. We've declassified and released documents that exposed how president Obama and leaders in the intelligence community knowingly manufactured a false intelligence document after the twenty sixteen election was done, after the American people said, no, we want Donald Trump to go and be our commander in chief, not Hillary Clinton." "And this manufactured document alleged that Russia aspired to help president Trump win the election with the aim of undermining his presidency and usurping the will and the voices of the American people who sent Trump to the White House."

It is important to put the investigation into Trump and his associates aside. There is no denying that the Russians interfered in the election to help Trump, hurt Hillary Clinton, and destabilize democracy. According to public testimony before Congress by intelligence professionals, this interference is a clear and present danger to the country. If the roles were reversed and Hillary Clinton had won, she would have stopped at nothing to find out what happened and ensure it never happens again. She would have stood up in front of the country and said that even if it advantaged her, she would not rest until the truth was uncovered.

There is no evidence of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign in 2016, according to Mister Durham. The FBI's investigation had failures and did not reveal any conspiracy or collusion between Trump and Russian authorities. Vice President Biden and President Obama were aware of this, while Hillary Clinton fabricated it. The FBI orchestrated the investigation, and the media sold it to the public. The question remains: who watches the watchmen? The FBI is seen as protecting the nation's capital but not the American people. Republicans on the judiciary committee must hold the FBI accountable.

Some say this is a witch hunt, but they've caught a few witches. There have been a few indictments. One lawyer called the investigation absurd. But is it? We broke the story about the existence of the dossier and that President Trump had been briefed, but we didn't mention its contents. The FBI director was talking about prostitutes. Almost exactly two years ago, we reported that President Trump had been briefed on the intelligence community's assessment of Russian interference in the 2016 election, including the existence of the dossier. Despite the president's denial, the special counsel's team has already proven some of the claims in that dossier are true. Have Democrats found any evidence of collusion? Yes, we have. I just want the truth and facts to be respected again in this country.

The FBI's politicized hacks aimed to bring down Donald Trump, with the help of Hillary Clinton's campaign. The report revealed that Trump's political opponents provided leads for the investigation, relying on a fabricated dossier. While we reported on this, other media outlets downplayed it. Unfortunately, there were no consequences for those involved in the Crossfire Hurricane operation. In fact, they were emboldened and repeated their actions in 2022, this time protecting Hunter Biden.