Clinton Approved Plan To ‘Smear’ Trump With Fake Russia Collusion: Docs

Newly declassified documents reveal that twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton endorsed a strategy devised by one of her campaign aides to “smear” then-candidate Donald Trump with unfounded allegations of Russian involvement and divert attention from her own growing email issue during the 2016 race.

The strategy called for “raising the theme of ‘Putin’s support for Trump'” and “subsequently steering public opinion toward the notion that it needs to equate” genuine electoral infrastructure tampering with the Russian leader’s political influence effort.

“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 discovered the information during a multi-year investigation into intelligence operations related to the 2016 election.

At Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) request, FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and other US intelligence officials declassified the files from Durham’s investigation.

“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.

“These intelligence reports and related records, whether true or false, were buried for years. History will show that the Obama and Biden administrations’ law enforcement and intelligence agencies were weaponized against President Trump,” he added.

“This political weaponization has caused critical damage to our institutions and is one of the biggest political scandals and cover-ups in American history. The new Trump administration has a tremendous responsibility to the American people to fix the damage done and do so with maximum speed and transparency.”

Last week, Director of Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released newly declassified memos that also showed U.S. intelligence officials concluded Russia did not play a significant role in Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton.

Paul Sperry, a senior reporter for Real Clear Investigations, took to X to report that sources informed him that there are damning text messages and emails showing coordination between the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign aides.

“DEVELOPING: I’m told there are texts/emails indicating Hillary Clinton campaign aides directly coordinated with the Obama White House, NSC, State Dept and Intelligence Community officials in efforts to dig up dirt tying Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin in July 2016 …developing…” Perry wrote on X.

The documents released by Gabbard are the clearest proof yet that officials within the Obama administration had serious doubts about Russian interference, even as they proceeded with the investigation.

The memo, dated 2016, told then-President Barack Obama directly that “Russian and criminal actors did not impact recent US election results by conducting malicious cyber activities against election infrastructure.”

While acknowledging prior reports about a possible breach of Illinois voter rolls and failed targeting attempts in other states, the memo clearly states that those efforts never compromised voting systems—and didn’t come close to altering results.

“The targeting of infrastructure not used in casting ballots makes it highly unlikely it would have resulted in altering any state’s official vote,” the document reads. It goes further: “Criminal activity also failed to reach the scale and sophistication necessary to change election outcomes.”

The disclosure is a major vindication for Trump, who has long argued that the Russia collusion narrative was a hoax pushed by the Clinton campaign and Obama intelligence officials to sabotage his presidency before it began.

And now the pressure is turning on the people who pushed it.

FBI officials are preparing the groundwork for a possible criminal investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI Director James Comey, and others involved in launching and running the Crossfire Hurricane probe.

This documents falsely claimed connections between Trump and Russian agents.

Trump Riding Wave Into Summer Amid String Of Victories

President Donald Trump is riding a surge of momentum after signing his $3.3 trillion “big, beautiful bill” on Friday—capping off a string of major victories for his administration in recent weeks.

The bill’s passage follows a series of high-profile wins, including a favorable Supreme Court ruling and successful precision strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Fox News reported.

“President Trump has delivered more wins for the American people in two weeks than most Presidents do in four years,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a Thursday statement to Fox News Digital.

“This has been the most historic two weeks of any Administration in history. Thanks to President Trump, America is back and is the hottest country in the world!” she added.

The tax and domestic policy bill reached Trump’s desk after the House passed its final version on Thursday—meeting his self-imposed deadline to have the legislation finalized by the Fourth of July.

The bill features several key provisions, including the permanent extension of individual and business tax cuts originally enacted under Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. It also introduces new deductions aimed at eliminating taxes on tips and overtime pay.

One of the more controversial elements is a $5 trillion increase to the debt ceiling—a move that has drawn criticism from figures like SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

In addition, the legislation rolls back several Biden-era green energy tax credits and directs roughly $350 billion toward defense spending and Trump’s large-scale deportation initiative targeting illegal immigration, Fox

added.

The measure also enacts major Medicaid reforms, including a new requirement that recipients work at least 80 hours per month. It further expands work requirements for those receiving benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Trump has had several other major victories too.

On June 21, the United States launched airstrikes targeting critical Iranian nuclear facilities, involving more than 125 U.S. aircraft, according to Gen. Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

In a national address following the strikes, President Trump declared that the nuclear sites had been “completely and totally obliterated.” General Dan Caine added that initial battle damage assessments indicated “all three sites sustained extremely severe damage and destruction.”

“We have degraded their program by one to two years, at least intel assessments inside the Department (of Defense) assess that,” Defense Department spokesman Sean Parnell told reporters Wednesday.

Trump has also had several legal victories.

On June 27, the Supreme Court ruled 6–3 to bar lower courts from issuing universal injunctions. Several of President Trump’s executive orders during his second term—including his ban on birthright citizenship—had been stalled by such nationwide rulings.

The Supreme Court’s decision limits lower courts to issuing broad injunctions only in rare, narrowly defined circumstances—a move Trump said would put an end to what he called a “colossal abuse of power.”

“I was elected on a historic mandate, but in recent months, we’ve seen a handful of radical left judges effectively try to overrule the rightful powers of the president to stop the American people from getting the policies that they voted for in record numbers,” Trump said on June 27.

On Tuesday, CBS News’ parent company, Paramount Global, agreed to a $16 million settlement with President Trump over a lawsuit he filed in October 2024. The suit stemmed from a 60 Minutes interview featuring his 2024 election opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.

In the lawsuit, Trump claimed that CBS deceptively edited Vice President Harris’s interview by omitting her initial, less polished response to a question about why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t “listening” to the Biden administration.

The settlement funds will not be paid directly to Trump but will instead be allocated toward his future presidential library and used to cover the plaintiffs’ legal fees and costs, Fox reported.