Declassified: DOJ strike force unleashed as docs show Obama aides orchestrated “Russia hoax”
By willowt // 2025-07-26
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  • The Justice Department formed a “strike force” to investigate declassified documents alleging Obama-era officials fabricated Trump–Russia collusion intelligence.
  • CIA Director John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Kash Patel have opened criminal probes against former officials John Brennan and James Comey.
  • Debriefs and interviews revealed key Obama officials admitted having no “empirical evidence” of Trump–Russia ties but pushed the narrative anyway.
  • Documents show Russia discreetly held damaging health/data on Hillary Clinton but chose not to release it in 2016, while Obama officials concealed efforts to defame Trump.
  • Democrats dismiss the scandal as a “hoax,” citing Senate Intelligence Committee findings, while Republicans call it a “historic cover-up” from the Obama administration.
Ongoing declassification of classified documents by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has exposed a coordinated effort by Barack Obama’s national security team to weaponize intelligence and falsely allege collusion between Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia—a narrative now widely discredited. The Justice Department has formed a “strike force” to investigate these claims, which include falsified reports, politicized intelligence assessments and potential criminal misconduct by former officials like ex-CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI Director James Comey and key Obama-era backups. The revelations, rooted in a 2020 House Intelligence Committee report and other newly released records, shine a light on how the “Russia Hoax” may have been manufactured to overshadow Secretary Hillary Clinton’s compromising emails and health issues—and its toll on U.S. democracy.

Declassified Docs Expose ‘Manufactured’ Russia Collusion Narrative

According to documents declassified this week, Obama’s intelligence team rushed to produce the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA), a key pillar of the Trump–Russia probe, despite lacking empirical evidence. The ICA falsely claimed Russia sought to elect Trump—a conclusion House Intelligence investigators found contradicted by evidence that Vladimir Putin actually expected Clinton to win and intended to exploit her health and political vulnerabilities later. The dossier paid for by Clinton’s campaign, which included unverified claims of Trump’s “golden showers” with Russian agents, was inserted into the ICA at Brennan’s urging, despite being labeled “highly problematic” by intelligence officials. Congressional testimonies revealed top Obama aides had no evidence of collusion, conspiracy, or coordination between Trump associates and Russia. Even former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, CIA Director Brennan and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch admitted under oath they had “no direct empirical evidence” of Russian collusion with Trump but still advanced the narrative publicly.

DOJ Strike Force Targets Obama-Era Officials; Brennan and Comey Face Probes

The Justice Department’s new strike force, consisting of prosecutors and investigators from the National Security Division, has opened criminal probes into Brennan and Comey for potential fraud, obstruction and conspiracy. The CIA earlier this month referred Brennan to the FBI after internal reviews found he knowingly included discredited “fake news” like the Steele dossier in intelligence assessments. Comey, who famously briefed Trump on the dossier in December 2016, faces scrutiny for violating protocols by relying on unverified sources and colluding with Obama officials to sustain the Russia narrative. Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed to “leave no stone unturned” in the review of potential misconduct by Obama-era appointees who “weaponized intelligence to defame an American president.” The investigations have also implicated other figures, including former National Security Advisor Susan Rice, Secretary of State John Kerry and FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who repeatedly admitted the Steele dossier’s unreliability under congressional questioning but still used it to justify surveillance against Trump associates.

House Intel Documents Reveal Putin’s “Unexpected” Clinton Contingency Plan

The House Intelligence Committee report, first published in 2020 but kept under wraps until now, found Putin’s intelligence services quietly stockpiled damaging data on Clinton’s health and financial ties. Clinton was allegedly treated with heavy sedatives to manage mood swings, according to Russian sources, while her campaign planned to deflect scrutiny from her email scandal by falsely accusing Trump and Moscow. U.S. intelligence flagged these efforts but was overridden to push the Russia-Trump angle instead. “We’re getting additional insight into Russian activities from (REDACTED),” read Brennan’s handwritten notes from the Obama White House, which identified a Clinton campaign advisor’s plot to “vilify Trump with a Russia scandal.” The report also highlighted how Democrats concealed this information from the public, fueling a campaign of “whataboutism” that overshadowed Clinton’s legal vulnerabilities.

Political Fallout and the Lingering Legacy of the Hoax

Democrats, including Obama’s defenders, have dismissed the declassified findings as a “financially motivated far-right conspiracy,” citing a 2020 Senate Intelligence Committee report (chaired by Marco Rubio) that found Russia indeed meddled in 2016 but stopped short of proving decisive impact on the election’s outcome. However, the newly released documents suggest the ICA was politicized from its inception—a charge amplified by the FBI’s admission that the Trump surveillance program lacked a factual basis and violated counterintelligence protocols. The scandal has reignited debates about whether U.S. intelligence agencies can remain apolitical, especially amid bipartisan relations fractured by the January 6 committee hearings and the Biden administration’s handling of classified documents. Tulsi Gabbard, who oversees declassification, said the revelations demand accountability: “When presidents weaponize intelligence to destabilize their political opponents, we’re no longer a democracy.”

A National Security Crossroads

The Obama-era intelligence failures, now laid bare, mark a turning point for national security oversight and public trust in government. For conservatives, this is a confirmation of yearslong claims that Democrats cynically exploited the Russia narrative to undermine Trump’s legitimacy. Liberals, meanwhile, argue the revelations are a distraction from ongoing threats like China’s hacking campaigns. Either way, the vindication of Trump’s 2016 “no collusion” stance raises existential questions about institutional safeguards—and whether America’s next foreign policy challenges will be met with truth or politicized lies. Sources for this article include: TheNationalPulse.com FoxNews.com NYPost.com
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