Overview

• Vice President JD Vance said recent disclosures by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel show aggressive law violations in the Obama administration’s handling of the Russiagate investigation.
• Vance forecast that multiple former intelligence officials will face indictments, asserting that declassified documents expose improper collusion with Hillary Clinton’s campaign talking points.
• The Justice Department has assembled a specialized strike force and Attorney General Pam Bondi convened a grand jury to review criminal referrals stemming from the new disclosures.
• Former CIA Director John Brennan and ex-DNI James Clapper published an op-ed defending analysts’ integrity and citing a bipartisan Senate report that found no political pressure in the original Russia assessments.
• Obama spokesperson Patrick Rodenbush dismissed the allegations as baseless distractions and maintained that Russia influenced but did not alter vote tallies in the 2016 election.