America is witnessing fresh proof that the so-called “Russian collusion” saga, weaponized to cripple President Trump, was built on intelligence that top Obama officials knew was false—and they used it anyway.
At a Glance
- Newly declassified documents and a congressional report reveal Obama-era intelligence officials knowingly used questionable intelligence to fuel the Trump-Russia collusion narrative.
- The House Intelligence Committee’s majority report alleges analytic malpractice and intentional misrepresentation in the original 2017 Russia assessment.
- Declassified materials show the intelligence community initially assessed Russia was not trying to help Trump, and may have preferred Clinton.
- Calls for accountability reach a fever pitch as Trump supporters demand prosecutions and a reckoning for those who pushed the “hoax.”
Obama-Era Officials Under Fire for “Manufactured” Intelligence
The country’s patience with political witch hunts has run out. After years of relentless accusations, leaks, and media hysteria, the real story is finally breaking through. The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, led by Chairman Crawford, has dropped a bombshell: their new report accuses the intelligence community—under Obama’s watch—of “manufacturing” the Russia collusion narrative that dogged Trump’s presidency from the start. According to the report, former CIA Director John Brennan and his team pushed a high-confidence assessment that Russia wanted Trump to win, while burying intelligence that contradicted their story and even suggested Putin preferred Hillary Clinton. It’s not just sloppy analysis—Crawford calls it “analytic malpractice” and a deliberate misrepresentation of facts. The report paints a damning picture of an intelligence apparatus captured by politics, not dedicated to the truth.
These revelations come on the heels of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s decision to declassify critical documents. These records confirm what many Trump supporters have suspected all along: before the 2016 election, the intelligence community assessed that Russia “probably was not trying … to influence the election by using cyber means” and there was no evidence that Russian actors altered votes. Yet, the narrative about Trump-Russia collusion was hammered home by officials who knew better. This wasn’t an intelligence failure—it was a willful act to undermine a sitting president and overturn the will of the American people.
Fresh Evidence, Old Agendas: How the “Hoax” Was Born
The latest declassified documents, alongside the House report, rip the mask off the so-called experts who insisted for years that the Trump campaign was in bed with the Kremlin. These aren’t fringe claims. The documents reveal that key intelligence suggesting no Russian cyber interference—and even a possible Russian preference for Clinton—was deliberately downplayed or suppressed. Instead, analysts pushed a narrative more palatable to the Obama White House and Clinton campaign. The timing is no accident. The original Intelligence Community Assessment was rushed out in January 2017, weeks before Trump took office, stacking the deck against his administration from day one. The House report brands this as the final nail in the coffin of the Russia hoax, a “political fraud” designed to cripple Trump and sow chaos in American democracy.
Calls for accountability are growing louder. Trump allies want prosecutions for those who orchestrated what they describe as the greatest abuse of intelligence in modern history. The Justice Department, so far, is silent. But the damage to public confidence is done. Americans who lived through years of media saturation and political division are left wondering how much of what they were told was a lie—and how close this country came to losing its Republic to a cabal of unelected bureaucrats and partisan operatives.
Ripple Effects: Trust Shattered, Institutions Weakened
The implications are dire and long-lasting. The intelligence community, once trusted to be above the political fray, is now facing a crisis of credibility. The public, already wary after years of “fake news” and partisan spin, sees yet another example of government overreach and corruption. The wounds from the Russia hoax run deep. They divided families, sabotaged policy, and gave America’s enemies a front-row seat to our dysfunction. Now, as more evidence surfaces, the appetite for reform and accountability is only growing.
Meanwhile, the political divide grows sharper. Trump supporters see vindication and demand justice. Democrats and former intelligence officials circle the wagons, warning that “revisionist narratives” endanger national security. But the facts are stubborn things. The new evidence shows that the collusion narrative was built on sand—and that those who built it did so with full knowledge of its weakness. For a nation battered by inflation, border chaos, and years of leftist overreach, this is just one more reason to demand honesty, transparency, and a return to common sense in Washington.
Sources:
HPSCI Majority Staff Report, July 2025
