#russiagate

An annex to a report by the special counsel John H. Durham was the latest in a series of disclosures about the Russia inquiry, as the Trump team seeks to distract from the Jeffrey Epstein files.

This is a gift 🎁 link, so there is no paywall. Below are some excerpts.

The Trump-era special counsel who scoured the Russia investigation for wrongdoing gathered evidence that undermines a theory pushed by some Republicans that Hillary Clinton’s campaign conspired to frame Donald J. Trump for colluding with Moscow in the 2016 election, information declassified on Thursday shows.

The information, a 29-page annex to the special counsel’s 2023 report, reveals that a foundational document for that theory was most likely stitched together by Russian spies. The document is a purported email from July 27, 2016, that said Mrs. Clinton had approved a campaign proposal to tie Mr. Trump to Russia to distract from the scandal over her use of a private email server. [...] It also shows how the special counsel, John H. Durham, went to great lengths to try to prove that several of the emails were real, only to ultimately conclude otherwise. [...] Even as the releases shed more light on a seismic political period nearly a decade ago, Mr. Trump and his allies have wildly overstated what the documents show, accusing former President Barack Obama of “treason.”

The release of the annex was no exception. John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, said in a statement that the materials proved that suspicions of Russian collusion stemmed from “a coordinated plan to prevent and destroy Donald Trump’s presidency.”

And Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, who has a long history of pushing false claims about the Russia investigation, declared on social media that the annex revealed “evidence that the Clinton campaign plotted to frame President Trump and fabricate the Russia collusion hoax.”

In reality, the annex shows the opposite, indicating that a key piece of supposed evidence for the claim that Mrs. Clinton approved a plan to tie Mr. Trump to Russia is not credible: Mr. Durham concluded that the email from July 27, 2016, and a related one dated two days earlier were probably manufactured.

The Trump administration must think that most Americans are as gullible and poorly informed as their MAGA supporters.

It is sheer hubris that the Trump administration would release information they say supports their recent claims about a "conspiracy" to link Trump and Russia by Obama and Hilary Clinton, when NONE of it does, and in fact much of it REFUTES their claims.

Do they think that none of us know how to read?

Trump, Tulsi Gabbard, John Ratcliffe, Kash Patel and others who are lying about this should be sued for defamation, and also brought up on charges of knowingly weaponizing federal agencies to pursue false charges against Trump's political enemies.

Trump quoting 'Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard' is already hilarious—because that’s not a real thing.

She’s not DNI. She's not even a halfway credible source. But sure, let's roll with it like this is fanfiction night at Mar-a-Lago

Let’s rewind the tape:

🧠 All 17 U.S. intelligence agencies—including the CIA, FBI, and NSA—unanimously confirmed that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

🧠 The Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee backed them up.

🧠 Robert Mueller dropped a 400+ page report full of receipts.

But Trump & Tulsi? Nah, they say everyone was lying. Cool conspiracy you’ve got there, Vlad.

The 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment didn’t ask if Russia interfered.

It asked how deeply.

And spoiler alert: – Russia hacked the DNC – Flooded Facebook with propaganda – Deployed troll farms like it was a Fortnite server – And targeted state election systems

This wasn’t speculation. This was documented. Extensively.

Tulsi out here recycling Kremlin talking points like it’s a side hustle.

And Trump?

Quoting her like she’s the Oracle of Truth when the man wouldn’t pass a basic civics quiz if you spotted him the Constitution and a highlighter.

You don’t get to claim innocence when:

— Your campaign manager (Paul Manafort) literally handed polling data to a Russian intel officer

— Your National Security Advisor (Michael Flynn) lied to the FBI about Russia

— And half your staff needed immunity to testify

But yes, please tell us again how the “deep state” framed you.

This isn’t patriotism.

It’s not oversight.

It’s not “truth-telling.”

It’s straight-up propaganda laundering.

They’re trying to rewrite history because they know how damning the truth actually is.

The intelligence community didn’t make up Russian interference.

They caught it.

They documented it.

They screamed it from the rooftops.

And Trump just kept asking Putin if he “did it,” like a kid trying to believe Santa is real.

This isn’t just dishonest. It’s dangerous.

That’s not owning the libs.

That’s surrendering your spine to a dictator.

Because gaslighting an entire country into thinking a foreign attack didn’t happen?

The facts remain.

And history is watching you desperately spin your ego trip into a redemption arc.

It’s not working.

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