Overview

• On July 24, the Justice Department created a special unit to evaluate potential prosecutions over alleged fabrication of the 2016 Russia collusion narrative by Obama administration officials.
• Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified documents on July 23 asserting that U.S. agencies initially judged vote-tampering risk as low and that Obama aides orchestrated the collusion allegations.
• President Trump has publicly accused former President Obama of treason for allegedly inventing the Russia collusion claims and formally requested a Department of Justice inquiry.
• Political analysts argue the administration’s focus on Obama appears designed to divert public and media attention from controversies surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein sexual abuse case.
• Multiple bipartisan investigations, including Special Counsel Mueller’s report and a Senate Intelligence Committee inquiry, confirmed Russian interference in 2016 but found no evidence of collusion by the Trump campaign.