Russiagate: The Real Scandal and the Clinton Plan

The "Russiagate" Narrative

• 🎯 The "Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax," or "Russiagate," is presented as the biggest political scandal in US history, convincing millions that Donald Trump was secretly working for Russia.
• 💡 The instigators were identified as domestic actors: a presidential campaign, senior intelligence officials, and powerful media outlets, all aiming to defeat Donald Trump and elect Hillary Clinton.

The "Clinton Plan" Origin

• 💰 Ironically, "Russiagate" began as an "insurance policy" to protect Hillary Clinton from her own "national security risk" involving an unsecured private email server used for official business.
• 🧠 Senior members of President Obama's national security circle, including CIA Director John Brennan, helped develop this strategy, known as the "Clinton Plan."
• 🔍 The plan was to redirect media attention from Clinton's misconduct to Russia if her emails became a liability, alleging Russia stole and leaked them to help Trump.

Christopher Steele and the Dossier

• 🕵️‍♂️ The Clinton team hired Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer described as a "spy for hire" of dubious credibility and with a known hatred for Trump, to construct the narrative.
• 📄 Steele produced the "Steele Dossier," a collection of sensational and unverified claims, which provided a "salacious narrative" irresistible to Trump's opponents and much of the media.

Media Amplification and FBI Surveillance

• 📰 Despite FBI Director James Comey describing Clinton's conduct as "extremely careless" regarding classified information on her unsecured server, articles based on Steele's dossier began appearing in media outlets.
• 💻 Following the Wikileaks publication of Democratic National Committee emails, Clinton's team, with media support, claimed Russia was behind the hack to help Trump, despite denials.
• 📈 The FBI used the Steele Dossier and related news reports to justify surveillance of Trump's campaign, obtaining a warrant to monitor his communications.

The True Scandal

• 🏛️ The real scandal is framed as a sitting president authorizing or permitting an espionage operation against the opposition party's candidate, using taxpayer resources.
• ⚠️ This operation, the "Clinton Plan," would likely have remained unknown had Clinton won the election, but her loss brought it to light.