Newly declassified documents have revealed a shocking connection between Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the controversial Russia collusion narrative that has long haunted President Donald Trump.
These documents suggest that Clinton not only knew about but also endorsed a strategy devised by one of her foreign policy advisors to smear Trump with baseless allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The plan was reportedly designed to shift public attention away from Clinton’s own growing email scandal and focus on Trump’s supposed ties to Russia.
The memo outlining the strategy directly connects Clinton’s approval of the plan to "magnify the scandal tied to the intrusion by the Russian special services" and mislead the American public into believing that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was directly supporting Trump’s bid for the presidency.
The newly revealed documents are a part of Special Counsel John Durham’s multi-year investigation into the actions of U.S. intelligence agencies during the 2016 election.
Durham’s investigation was prompted by growing concerns that key figures in the intelligence community had failed to properly investigate claims of election interference, ultimately launching a series of investigations based on unverified allegations.
At the request of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), key officials, including FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and other intelligence agency leaders, declassified the critical documents related to Durham’s findings.
These revelations shed new light on the behind-the-scenes coordination between the Clinton campaign and various branches of the Obama administration as they sought to create a damaging narrative linking Trump to Russian interference.
According to the documents, the Clinton campaign specifically endorsed a plan by Julianne Smith, one of its foreign policy advisors, to capitalize on concerns about Russian interference in the U.S. election.
The goal was to equate the legitimate fears about foreign meddling with the false assertion that Trump was directly involved with Russia to subvert American democracy.
This strategy was meant to draw attention away from Clinton’s email scandal, which had dogged her campaign and become a key point of criticism from Trump and his supporters.
The documents also suggest that this campaign to frame Trump was not only coordinated with Clinton’s inner circle but also closely tied to intelligence officials and other figures within the Obama administration.
In fact, the investigation into Russian interference, which later culminated in the Mueller Report, began to take shape as a result of these efforts to paint Trump as a puppet of Vladimir Putin.
The new revelations come on the heels of another significant disclosure by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who released previously declassified memos showing that U.S. intelligence agencies found no evidence that Russian interference in the election had played a decisive role in Trump’s victory.
According to these newly declassified memos, Russian efforts to interfere with the U.S. election were not significant enough to alter the results or have any meaningful impact on voter behavior.
In one of the most damning pieces of evidence, a memo from 2016 directly informed then-President Obama that, while Russia had attempted to target voter rolls and election infrastructure in some states, these efforts had failed to alter the outcome of the election.
The memo made clear that Russian actions had no impact on voting systems and that there was no evidence that criminal activity had reached the scale necessary to affect the results.
This contradicts the prevailing narrative pushed by the Clinton campaign and the media that Russia had interfered in the election to benefit Trump.
The disclosure of this memo, along with the declassified documents revealing Clinton’s direct involvement in pushing the Russia collusion narrative, has provided significant vindication for Trump.
For years, Trump has claimed that the accusations of Russian interference were part of a coordinated attempt by his political opponents to undermine his presidency before it even began.
These new documents support that claim, showing that the entire narrative was in large part an invention of the Clinton campaign and certain members of the Obama administration.
The growing body of evidence linking Clinton and her campaign to the efforts to spread the Russia collusion narrative has led to renewed calls for accountability.
Sen. Grassley, who has long been vocal about the need for transparency, argued that these new revelations prove that the Obama-era intelligence community had failed to properly investigate the Clinton campaign’s role in fabricating the Trump-Russia connection.
“History will show that the Obama and Biden administrations’ law enforcement and intelligence agencies were weaponized against President Trump,” Grassley said in a statement. He went on to emphasize the gravity of the scandal, calling it one of the “biggest political cover-ups in American history.”
Grassley also stressed that the Trump administration has a responsibility to address the damage caused by this political weaponization of intelligence and law enforcement.
In response to the newly declassified documents, the focus has now shifted to those who were involved in the Crossfire Hurricane probe—an FBI investigation launched in 2016 to look into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Reports indicate that FBI officials are preparing the groundwork for a criminal investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI Director James Comey, and others who played a role in the probe.
For years, Trump and his allies have accused these figures of pushing the Russia collusion narrative to undermine his presidency. Now, with the release of these documents, there is growing evidence that the investigation was politically motivated and that key figures in the intelligence community were aware that the claims against Trump were likely unsubstantiated.
Adding fuel to the fire, investigative journalist Paul Sperry reported on X that there are text messages and emails showing coordination between Clinton’s campaign aides and Obama administration officials, including those from the National Security Council, the State Department, and U.S. intelligence agencies.
These communications allegedly show that Clinton’s team worked directly with the Obama White House and key officials to dig up dirt on Trump and tie him to Vladimir Putin.
The declassified documents also reveal that, despite claims to the contrary, officials within the Obama administration were privately aware that Russian interference in the election was not as significant as it was portrayed to the public.
One memo explicitly stated that there was no credible evidence linking Russian actions to the outcome of the election, further casting doubt on the legitimacy of the narrative that dominated headlines for years.
The release of these documents has already sparked outrage among Trump’s supporters, who have long claimed that the Russia collusion narrative was a baseless political attack designed to undermine his presidency.
Many have argued that this scandal, which has consumed years of political discourse, was a deliberate attempt to sabotage Trump’s administration before it even began.
As the fallout continues, it remains to be seen what action, if any, will be taken against those responsible for pushing the false Russia narrative. While investigations into the role of the Clinton campaign and Obama-era officials are ongoing, the pressure is mounting for accountability.
The revelation of these newly declassified documents marks a critical turning point in the ongoing saga of the Trump-Russia investigation, providing new insights into how the collusion narrative took shape and who was behind it.
As more details emerge, it is becoming increasingly clear that the Russia collusion story was not the product of foreign interference, but rather a political weapon created to take down a sitting president.
The full extent of the political machinations behind the Russia investigation may never be fully understood, but the release of these documents marks a significant step toward uncovering the truth.
