The Justice Department confirmed on Monday that they’ve received the criminal referral sent by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. The referrals claim that officials within the Obama administration “manufactured and politicized intelligence” to weave together a fake narrative that Russia was trying to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Officials with the DOJ spoke with Fox News and confirmed they received the referral, but did not provide further comment.
Last Friday, Gabbard put out the unclassified documents that allegedly show “overwhelming evidence” that former President Barack Obama and members of his national security team laid the foundation for the Trump-Russia collusion investigation that cost taxpayers millions of dollars and took years of time to complete.
The probe came after President Donald Trump destroyed twice failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016.
“Their goal was to usurp President Trump and subvert the will of the American people,” Gabbard wrote in a post on X concerning the criminal referral. “No matter how powerful, every person involved in this conspiracy must be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The integrity of our democratic republic depends on it. We are turning over all documents to the DOJ for criminal referral.”
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Gabbard joined Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo Sunday, where she detailed evidence uncovered in the case, which she said showcases “overwhelming” proof that Obama-era officials laid the groundwork for what would be the yearslong Trump-Russia collusion probe after the 2016 election.
“The implications of this are frankly nothing short of historic,” Gabbard stated on Sunday.
“Over 100 documents that we released on Friday really detail and provide evidence of how this treasonous conspiracy was directed by President Obama just weeks before he was due to leave office after President Trump had already gotten elected. This is not a Democrat or Republican issue. This is an issue that is so serious it should concern every single American because it has to do with the integrity of our democratic republic,” she added during the show.
Following Gabbard’s revelations, Trump shared a video to his Truth Social account showing a handful of Democrats, including Obama, vowing that “no one is above the law.” Later in the clip, an AI-generated video showed Trump and Obama sitting in the Oval Office before Obama is arrested while Trump’s the song “YMCA” plays in the background. Additionally, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) also will release declassified documents related to a 2018 DOJ Inspector General report on the Justice Department’s handling of the investigations related to the 2016 presidential election, Fox News confirmed Monday. Grassley will specifically declassify the report’s appendix, which Fox learned focuses specifically on the Clinton email investigation.
Clinton herself was the subject of a federal investigation after evidence emerged that she was conducting government business — which contained classified information — on a private email server, which is a federal offense. This took place during her time as Secretary of State in the Obama administration.
Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey even said himself that Clinton mishandled classified information. And yet, no action was taken to hold her legally accountable for breaking the law.
Typical.
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