In what may become one of the most explosive legal confrontations in U.S. political history, President Donald Trump’s administration is quietly advancing a sprawling criminal conspiracy case against top officials from the Obama era.
Sources close to the investigation reveal that the White House, alongside senior intelligence and Justice Department figures, is compiling hundreds of pages of evidence that could lead to the criminal prosecution of former Justice Department, CIA, and FBI leaders accused of orchestrating a politically motivated operation to undermine Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
The effort, insiders say, has become a deeply personal crusade for President Trump. Long aggrieved by the infamous Russiagate scandal that clouded his first term and nearly derailed his ascent to the presidency, Trump is said to have directed his administration to leave no stone unturned in exposing what he and his allies believe was a coordinated deep state plot rooted in the highest levels of the Obama administration.
The investigation has evolved well beyond allegations of political dirty tricks and now circles around potential criminal charges tied to perjury, conspiracy, and abuse of power.
At the center of the case is former CIA Director John Brennan, who is alleged to have pressured subordinates to incorporate the discredited Steele dossier into the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) delivered shortly after the 2016 election.
The dossier, assembled by British ex-spy Christopher Steele and paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign, contained salacious and unverified claims about Trump’s supposed connections to Russia.
The Trump team contends that Brennan’s actions — alongside those of former FBI Director James Comey, current FBI Director Christopher Wray, and other former intelligence officials — amount to a concerted effort to falsely portray Trump as a Kremlin asset.
A 200-page congressional audit reportedly forms the backbone of the White House’s emerging case. This audit, prepared in conjunction with Trump administration officials, intelligence advisors, and legal experts, is said to provide a comprehensive chronology of events linking Obama-era officials to efforts designed to damage Trump’s candidacy and presidency.
The audit includes newly declassified materials, much of it long classified, that allegedly illustrate how U.S. intelligence officials knowingly propagated false intelligence as part of the FBI’s “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation — the probe that laid the groundwork for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
Trump’s White House was briefed on the latest developments on Tuesday, following a critical meeting on Sunday involving senior intelligence officials, Department of Justice representatives, and members of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board.
The meeting centered on assessing which materials from the Crossfire Hurricane probe and Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation can be declassified and released to the public.
Durham’s 2023 report concluded that the Trump-Russia collusion narrative was baseless, a finding that emboldened Trump’s camp to pursue accountability for those involved.
Particularly damning, according to sources, is a classified appendix attached to Durham’s report that purportedly contains evidence showing Brennan was aware of the Clinton campaign’s efforts to fabricate a link between Trump and Russia.
This information allegedly documents how the Clinton team orchestrated a smear campaign to distract from investigations into Hillary Clinton’s private email server, which had been compromised through an unsecured access point by foreign actors.
These breaches not only exposed Clinton’s communications but also provided fodder later used against Trump, further complicating the narrative around foreign interference.
Officials attending Sunday’s meeting speculated that Brennan may have committed perjury during his congressional testimony when he denied that the Steele dossier was used in compiling the ICA.
While the typical five-year statute of limitations on perjury has lapsed, legal experts within the Trump administration believe that conspiracy to commit perjury remains a viable charge if a broader criminal conspiracy can be demonstrated.
Oversight of the investigation’s declassification efforts has been placed under the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), currently led by Director Tulsi Gabbard.
Though Gabbard did not attend the Sunday meeting, sources confirmed that she has tasked a specialized team with reviewing sensitive “sources and methods” to determine what can be made public without compromising national security.
“The ODNI has broad authority to declassify a majority of government documents, and Director Gabbard is keen on ensuring that the truth, whatever it may be, comes to light,” said one senior administration official familiar with the investigation.
“There’s a team dedicated to combing through these materials to make sure the public will have access to the facts.”
The investigation is being further bolstered by contributions from the DOJ’s Weaponization Working Group and the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, though not present at the latest meetings, is reportedly monitoring the case closely.
Participants believe that the depth of documentation already amassed not only implicates Brennan, Comey, and Wray but potentially extends to other senior Obama administration figures, including former National Security Advisor Susan Rice and others with close ties to the Clinton campaign.
According to one administration insider, a conspiracy unfolded involving the Clinton campaign, Obama White House officials, and U.S. intelligence agencies — all designed to cripple Trump before he could even assume office.
“Obama ordered the ICA to set Trump up and knock him off balance before he could even get started,” the official stated. “This was an influence operation far more consequential than anything [Russian President Vladimir] Putin could dream up. Obama and Hillary Clinton devised the scheme, and the CIA and FBI executed it.”
Adding another layer to the complex web of accusations is the claim that Clinton herself personally approved a strategy for then-advisor Jake Sullivan — who now serves as National Security Advisor to President Joe Biden — to amplify the false narrative of Trump’s Russia ties.
Sullivan’s role in pushing the dossier’s contents into the public and political discourse is likely to face renewed scrutiny if the White House proceeds with formal criminal charges.
Notes declassified in 2020 suggest that Brennan communicated his concerns directly to President Obama after realizing that Russia had become aware of Clinton’s plot to link Trump to Russian interference.
This revelation, if substantiated, could profoundly reshape the historical understanding of the Obama administration’s role in the origins of the Russia investigation.
Former law enforcement officials also believe there is enough material to justify prosecuting several Obama and Biden administration veterans. Jody P. Weis, a former FBI special-agent-in-charge with 22 years of experience, expressed his satisfaction that the investigation is finally being pursued.
“You look back at what was going on in the FBI starting in 2016 — the way they approached General Michael Flynn, Crossfire Hurricane, the Russian collusion case under Mueller, the raid on Mar-a-Lago, and the lawfare campaigns targeting President Trump. It’s outrageous,” Weis said.
“Then you had the arrogance of these two individuals — Comey and Brennan — it was unbelievable. I’m extremely happy that someone is looking into this.”
The scope of the investigation, sources emphasize, is unprecedented and is likely to culminate in an official public release of findings, potentially accompanied by formal charges.
If successful, such an effort would not only vindicate Trump’s long-held claims of being the target of a deep state conspiracy but could also mark a transformative moment in American political history — one where former presidents, intelligence chiefs, and law enforcement heads are held criminally accountable for their roles in manipulating the democratic process.
As the White House intensifies its push to declassify pertinent documents and formalize the case, political observers anticipate that any potential indictments will send shockwaves through Washington.
Already, the investigation is drawing parallels to Watergate, though supporters of Trump argue that the conspiracy against him dwarfs the 1970s scandal in both scope and national impact.
For now, the administration is keeping its next steps under wraps, but insiders suggest that a major public announcement could be on the horizon, one that could redefine the contours of political accountability in America for years to come.
