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Newly declassified documents show that Hillary Clinton approved the plan to smear Donald Trump in 2016 with Russian collusion accusations.
“Clinton approved a plan proposed by one of her foreign policy advisors, Julianne Smith, to ‘smear Donald Trump by magnifying the scandal tied to the intrusion by the Russian special services in the pre-election process to benefit the Republican candidate,'” one of the declassified memos read.
Special counsel John Durham uncovered the information during a multi-year probe into intelligence activities during the 2016 election.
Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and other members of the US Intelligence Community declassified the files from Durham’s probe at the request of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa.).
“Based on the Durham annex, the Obama FBI failed to adequately review and investigate intelligence reports showing the Clinton campaign may have been ginning up the fake Trump-Russia narrative for Clinton’s political gain, which was ultimately done through the Steele Dossier and other means,” Grassley said in a statement.
This all comes after explosive accusations from DNI Tulsi Gabbard that officials from the Obama Administration, including the former President himself, were involved in the scandal.