Newly declassified intelligence files bring fresh, hard proof that Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign completely cooked up Russiagate — a total lie that top intelligence officials nonetheless proceeded to amplify, and that all too many Democrats still believe. NY Post Editorial Page Editor Mark Cunningham shares this story.
These memos from the first half of 2016 center on “confidential conversations” between members of the Democratic National Committee and top staff at George Soros’ Open Society Foundations — and the info is damning.
“Julie [sic] says it will be a long-term affair to demonize Putin and Trump,” runs one quote of July 25. “Now it is good for a post-convention bounce. Later the FBI will put more oil into the fire.”
That shows a clear expectation that government agencies would be colluding in the scheme — making it far more than just a campaign trick.
Yet the campaign’s plans included “raising the theme of ‘Putin’s support for Trump’ ” and “subsequently steering public opinion toward the notion that it needs to equate” Russian influence campaigns with actual hacking of voting machines.
Not only did the memos envision the FBI eventually helping out, that later happened under bureau boss Jim Comey and his No. 2, Andrew McCabe.hines.
Read more at https://nypost.com/2025/07/31/opinion/russiagate-was-never-anything-more-than-hillary-clintons-paid-for-lies/
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