Overview

• Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered a federal prosecutor to present evidence to a grand jury based on Gabbard’s criminal referrals
• The investigation will probe whether Obama administration officials manufactured intelligence to link President Trump’s 2016 campaign to Russia
• The grand jury escalation follows a DOJ strike force review of declassified documents released by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in July
• No individuals have been named as targets and no indictments have been filed as the probe remains under close scrutiny
• Obama spokespeople and former intelligence chiefs have denied any conspiracy and cautioned against politicizing the Justice Department