One source said the case could gain momentum if President Trump declassifies two sets of still-classified evidence dating back to 2016.
The first is a classified annex tied to the inspector general’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server—an annex Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley has sought for years. That annex allegedly shows that credible intelligence suggesting wrongdoing was ignored by the FBI.
Durham’s report revealed that U.S. intelligence agencies were aware the Clinton campaign was pushing a fake Russia collusion narrative in 2016 before the FBI launched its now-discredited Crossfire Hurricane probe.
Much of the evidence used in that probe came from Clinton allies or the campaign itself. Both tranches remain classified and have never been released to the public. Officials say the reason for the secrecy is that the documents reveal sensitive intelligence-gathering methods.
Earlier this month, CIA Director John Ratcliffe issued a scathing review of how the intelligence community handled Russian interference claims in 2016.
He accused former CIA Director John Brennan of favoring a political narrative over sound analysis and criticized the FBI for helping promote the now-debunked Steele dossier. Continue reading…
