Overview

• Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s July 18 disclosure alleges that Obama administration leaders manufactured false intelligence to frame Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign
• CIA Director John Ratcliffe submitted criminal referrals targeting figures such as John Brennan, James Comey and Hillary Clinton and signaled that a classified Durham report annex will be declassified
• Attorney General Pam Bondi established a Justice Department “strike force” to vet the referrals, though no indictments have been filed so far
• House Republican leaders have launched bipartisan oversight inquiries into the declassified files but have not endorsed pursuing arrests or prosecutions
• Democratic lawmakers and former Obama officials maintain that the documents reaffirm the consensus that Russia influenced the 2016 election without altering vote tallies