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Most Voters Want Accountability For Russiagate, New Rasmussen Poll Shows

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More than two-thirds of U.S. voters say officials behind Russiagate should be held accountable, according to a new Rasmussen poll.

The poll, conducted July 29-31 among 1,172 participants, found that 65% of likely voters have been following recent revelations about national security investigations under the Obama administration — including explosive claims that intelligence was manipulated to frame President Donald Trump.

Among the developments drawing voter attention is a 2020 congressional probe that former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe and current DNI Tulsi Gabbard have described as evidence of a “years-long coup”; the alleged discovery by FBI Director Kash Patel of a classified “Durham annex” stashed in burn bags at FBI headquarters; and other claims pointing to politically motivated intelligence manipulation.

When asked about a report stating that former President Barack Obama’s national security team “manipulated and manufactured intelligence to promote a false narrative about Russia and Donald Trump,” 54% of respondents said they believe those officials committed serious crimes.

Sixty-nine percent of respondents said it is “critical to the survival of our country” that those responsible for allegedly manipulating intelligence are held accountable, according to the poll.

The survey was released the same day reports surfaced that the Department of Justice had opened a grand jury investigation into Obama-era officials referred for their alleged role in promoting false intelligence.

“The truth always wins out. This is great news. God bless America!” Trump wrote, responding to the news on Truth Social.

Patel said Saturday the FBI may release additional documents from its headquarters in response to media outlets accusing him of lying.

“Maybe this FBI will release more docs directly, from FBI HQ… so we can see who is lying- wouldn’t want to deprive the fake news of more bogus Pulitzers,” he said.

The push for accountability appears to cut across party lines: 56% of Democrats and 75% of Republicans said they’re following the investigation closely. While 83% of Republicans believe Obama-era officials committed serious crimes, nearly a third of Democrats — 32% — said the same.

Among those who agree the officials must be held accountable, the numbers rise to 59% of Democrats and 86% of Republicans.

The poll carries a margin of error of ±3 percentage points with 95% confidence, according to Rasmussen.

AUTHOR

Derek VanBuskirk

Reporter

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Durham Report: FBI Had No ‘Actual Evidence,’ Trump-Russia ‘Collusion’ Probe Was a Hoax

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Special prosecutor John Durham concluded that “neither U.S. nor the Intelligence Community appears to have possessed any actual evidence of collusion in their holdings at the commencement of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.”

“FBI records prepared by [Peter] Strzok in February and March 2017 show that at the time of the opening of Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI had no information in its holdings indicating that at any time during the campaign anyone in the Trump had been in contact with any Russian intelligence officials.”

According to the 306-page Durham report, the Obama FBI tried and failed to obtain a FISA warrant to spy on George Papadopoulos.

Durham concluded the Steele dossier was a complete joke and that the FBI failed to corroborate any of its key claims: “Our investigation determined that the Crossfire Hurricane investigators did not and could not corroborate any of the substantive allegations contained in the Steele reporting.”

Obama knew. Clinton knew. Biden knew. Comey knew. Brennan knew. McCabe knew. Strzok knew. Clapper knew. Schiff knew. FBI knew. DOJ knew. They all knew.

It was way more than a hoax, it was a coup. When do heads roll?

CIA Director Brennan subsequently briefed President Obama and other senior national security officials on the intelligence, including the “alleged approval by Hillary Clinton on July 26, 2016 of a proposal from one of her…

FBI, DOJ’s Trump-Russia ‘collusion’ probe was ‘seriously flawed,’ no basis in evidence when opened: Durham

By Samuel Chamberlain and Steven Nelson, NY Post, May 15, 2023:

The FBI investigation of former President Donald Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia in 2016 was “seriously flawed” and had no basis in evidence, special counsel John Durham said in a report released Monday.

Durham concluded his four-year review with a scathing indictment of official bias in the probe, which fueled Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of Trump’s theorized conspiracy with the Kremlin to win the White House.

“It is the Office’s assessment that the FBI discounted or willfully ignored material information that did not support the narrative of a collusive relationship between Trump and Russia,” Durham wrote.

“Similarly, the FBI Inspection Division Report says that the investigators ‘repeatedly ignore[d] or explain[ed] away evidence contrary to the theory the Trump campaign… had conspired with Russia… It appeared that … there was a pattern of assuming nefarious intent,’” he added.

“An objective and honest assessment of these strands of information should have caused the FBI to question not only the predication for [the investigation], but also to reflect on whether the FBI was being manipulated for political or other purposes. Unfortunately, it did not.”

Durham, the former Connecticut US attorney who was tapped to lead the review in 2019 by then-Attorney General Bill Barr, dug deep into the origins of Operation Crossfire Hurricane, but his final report didn’t urge new criminal prosecutions.

The FBI’s leak-ridden investigation began in summer 2016 and ultimately dragged on under special counsel Robert Mueller through more than half of Trump’s term in office — with a granular stream of leaks to the media creating the impression of damning evidence mounting against Trump.

Read more.

AUTHOR

Pamela Geller

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