Russiagate Hoax: New Evidence on DNC Hacking Allegations

The Evolution of the Russiagate Narrative

• 💡 The "Russiagate" narrative, initially focused on collusion, evolved to center on the allegation that Russia hacked the DNC and provided emails to WikiLeaks.
• 🎯 This hacking allegation became a core plank of the narrative, alongside collusion, which is now widely acknowledged as a complete scam.

Suppressed Intelligence on DNC Hacking

• 🔍 Declassified intelligence, particularly from a report initiated by Tulsi Gabbard, reveals that the FBI and NSA had low confidence in the Russia hack and leak allegation in September 2016.
• ⚠️ This low-confidence assessment was suppressed, and the Obama administration, through intelligence officials like Clapper, publicly stated with high confidence that Russia was behind the DNC hack.
• 📊 Further declassification from a 2020 House Intelligence report indicates that no new intelligence was collected after the election to change the FBI and NSA's initial low-confidence assessment.

Doubts About CrowdStrike and FBI Investigation

• 🚫 CrowdStrike, the contractor that first accused Russia of hacking the DNC, later testified that they had no evidence that Russian hackers actually took anything from the DNC servers.
• ❓ The FBI's decision to accept CrowdStrike's assertion without independent investigation of the DNC servers raises significant questions about the integrity of the initial findings.
• 🕵️ The FBI's investigation into Trump-Russia collusion (Crossfire Hurricane) was opened weeks after an FBI agent received the Steele Dossier, despite claims that the dossier had no bearing on the investigation's initiation.

Pretext and Cover-Up

• 🗣️ Intelligence indicated that the FBI might have been involved in spreading the Russia collusion hoax, with John Brennan briefing Obama about a plot where Hillary Clinton would frame Trump as a Russian asset.
• 📉 The narrative that Russia interfered to help Trump win was reportedly made up, based on flimsy analysis and preceding Trump's candidacy.
• 📢 The claim that Russia hacked and leaked DNC emails, initially compared to Pearl Harbor, is now understood to be an allegation for which the FBI and NSA lacked sufficient technical evidence at the time.
• 🎯 The narrative served as a way to cover up the Democratic Party's own failures in the 2016 election, rather than an accurate assessment of Russian interference.