Overview

• The declassified annex to Special Counsel John Durham’s report shows the FBI dismissed credible intelligence that Hillary Clinton’s campaign planned a smear operation against President Trump in 2016.
• CIA Director John Ratcliffe said the campaign’s plot and an FBI effort to amplify the Steele dossier together fueled the Russia collusion narrative.
• Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s recent declassification of a House Intelligence Committee report outlined how Obama-era officials politicized raw intelligence to support collusion allegations.
• FBI Director Kash Patel revealed he discovered thousands of classified Trump–Russia probe documents in “burn bags” stored in a secret room at FBI headquarters.
• Former CIA Director John Brennan and former DNI James Clapper rejected claims of an Obama administration conspiracy, reaffirming that Russia interfered to aid Trump in 2016.