Newly declassified documents reveal Obama-era officials coordinated with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s campaign aides during the 2016 election.
The disclosures come from the government’s “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation into alleged Trump-Russia collusion.
Director of Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a memo showing U.S. intelligence concluded Russia did not play a significant role in President Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton.
Paul Sperry of Real Clear Investigations reported that texts and emails indicate direct coordination between the Obama White House, NSC, State Department, and intelligence officials with Clinton campaign aides.
“DEVELOPING: I’m told there are texts/emails indicating Hillary Clinton campaign aides directly coordinated with the Obama White House, NSC, State Dept and Intelligence Community officials in efforts to dig up dirt tying Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin in July 2016 …developing…” Sperry wrote.
The documents are the clearest proof yet that Obama officials had serious doubts about Russian interference, even as they continued the investigation.
The memo, dated 2016, told then-President Obama that “Russian and criminal actors did not impact recent US election results by conducting malicious cyber activities against election infrastructure.”
While noting prior attempts to breach Illinois voter rolls and other states, the memo states these efforts never compromised voting systems.
“The targeting of infrastructure not used in casting ballots makes it highly unlikely it would have resulted in altering any state’s official vote,” the document reads. It adds, “Criminal activity also failed to reach the scale and sophistication necessary to change election outcomes.”
The disclosure vindicates President Trump, who has long claimed the Russia collusion narrative was a hoax pushed by Clinton aides and Obama intelligence officials.
Pressure is now mounting on those who ran the Crossfire Hurricane probe.
FBI officials are preparing groundwork for a possible criminal investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI Director James Comey, and others involved.
Officials are also reviewing whether Brennan perjured himself in testimony to Congress when he denied using the Steele dossier in the intelligence community’s final assessment, per the Conservative Brief.
A senior official told investigators, “Obama ordered the ICA to set Trump up and knock him off balance before he could even get started. This was an influence operation far more consequential than anything Putin cooked up. Obama and Hillary schemed the op, and the CIA and FBI ran it.”
Comey has stated he is “not afraid” of President Trump’s Justice Department following his indictment for allegedly lying to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding.
A grand jury indicted Comey over statements he made on September 30, 2020, regarding his management of the Crossfire Hurricane inquiry.
The indictment claims Comey provided misleading testimony, asserting he did not permit anyone at the FBI to act as an anonymous source. The statement, according to prosecutors, was untrue.
The declassified memo and emerging evidence mark the latest development in the growing push for accountability surrounding the 2016 election probe.
Investigators are now weighing whether additional documents, including Crossfire Hurricane notes and transcripts from special counsel John Durham’s 2023 investigation, should be declassified.
The disclosures raise major questions about the use of intelligence resources to influence an election.
