Behind every sordid conspiracy, there’s a story waiting to be told. But sometimes the truth is hidden so deep that it takes years to fully unravel.
It’s been nearly a decade since President Donald Trump became the victim of the greatest mass delusion in American political history. Those who abused the levers of government power and schemed to frame him are now suffering an acute case of the legal jitters.
Those behind the infamous Russia Hoax have reason to be nervous. On Monday, the news broke that the Department of Justice is convening a grand jury to assess a growing body of incriminating evidence. Indictments may follow.
There was never a Trump-Russia collusion conspiracy. But there was an elaborate conspiracy to falsely accuse him of collusion.
It becomes criminal if it can be shown that people lied under oath, deceived government agencies, manufactured false documents, or if federal officials themselves violated rights and laws with the intent to persecute and/or prosecute an innocent person.
The Most Obvious Targets
In 2016, John Brennan, James Comey, and James Clapper were directors of the CIA, FBI, and ODNI, respectively, in the Obama administration. They played pivotal roles in the corrupt investigation of Trump dubbed