CIA Director John Ratcliffe dropped a bombshell Sunday, promising new files that expose Hillary Clinton’s role in the Russiagate hoax.
While speaking with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures, Ratcliffe revealed more evidence “finally coming to light” that ties Clinton directly to false claims about Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Ratcliffe zeroed in on the “underlying intelligence” referenced in the annex of the Durham report—the investigation into the FBI’s botched Russia probe now being declassified.
“What hasn’t come out yet, and what’s going to come out, is the underlying intelligence,” Ratcliffe said.
“That intelligence shows part of this was a Hillary Clinton plan. But part of it was also an FBI plan—to accelerate the fake Steele dossier and push Russia collusion lies by pouring oil on the fire.”
The Steele dossier, compiled by ex-MI6 spy Christopher Steele, was funded by Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee.
Though largely debunked, the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation relied heavily on it to launch their Russia probe.
Ratcliffe recapped the timeline: “In summer 2016, U.S. intelligence intercepted Russian chatter about a Hillary Clinton plan to falsely accuse Donald Trump of collusion—to smear him with what became infamously known as the Steele dossier.”
Ratcliffe said he combed through former CIA Director John Brennan’s handwritten notes to uncover this “underlying intelligence behind it all.”
“All of this evidence that’s been hidden and buried from the American people is finally coming to light,” he added.
Clinton and Obama administration officials have denied that the Steele dossier was the FBI’s starting point for the investigation.
Ratcliffe dismissed those denials.
“There’s no doubt in my mind these people conspired against President Trump and against the American people,” he said bluntly.
Both Ratcliffe and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard have submitted referrals to the Justice Department based on their findings.
Ratcliffe expects no statute of limitations will block the investigation, as the New York Post reported.
“On conspiracy, the statute of limitations doesn’t start until the last act in furtherance of the conspiracy,” he explained. “And they’re still acting to further it.”
“They refuse to admit what they did was wrong.”
Gabbard has been busy too—publicly declassifying key intelligence, including a 2020 House report that found insufficient evidence Russia favored Trump in 2016.
She also revealed that top intelligence officials had proof Russia did not hack voting systems to alter the election outcome.
Last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a “strike force” at the Justice Department to examine the referrals from Gabbard and Ratcliffe.
