The Commander in Chief on Tuesday evening announced on Twitter that he has “fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents” related to the Russia investigation and the FBI’s investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of her private email server.
“I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to the single greatest political CRIME in American History, the Russia Hoax. Likewise, the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal. No redactions!” President Trump declared.
President Donald Trump’s official tweet:
I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to the single greatest political CRIME in American History, the Russia Hoax. Likewise, the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal. No redactions! https://t.co/GgnHh9GOiq
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2020
“All Russia Hoax Scandal information was Declassified by me long ago. Unfortunately for our Country, people have acted very slowly, especially since it is perhaps the biggest political crime in the history of our Country.” the president tweeted. He added: “Act!!!”
Last year, the president gave Attorney General Bill Barr authority to declassify any documents related to surveillance of the Trump campaign in 2016. President Trump, at the time, also directed members of the intelligence community to cooperate with AG Barr’s investigation.
The president’s tweets come after Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe declassified documents Tuesday that reveal former CIA Director John Brennan briefed former President Barack Hussein Obama on twice failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s purported “plan” to tie then-candidate Donald Trump to Russia as “a means of distracting the public from her use of a private email server” ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Continued Below
NEW: declassified @JohnBrennan notes from briefing @BarackObama per @DNI_Ratcliffe
“Alleged approved by @HillaryClinton a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisers to vilify @realDonaldTrump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by the Russian security service.” pic.twitter.com/IiVb4XlGke— Brooke Singman (@BrookeSingman) October 6, 2020
Last May, Attorney General Bill Barr appointed U.S. Attorney of Connecticut John Durham to investigate the origins of the FBI’s Russia probe. In October 2019, Durham’s probe shifted to a criminal probe.
All Russia Hoax Scandal information was Declassified by me long ago. Unfortunately for our Country, people have acted very slowly, especially since it is perhaps the biggest political crime in the history of our Country. Act!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2020
From Fox News:
Last month, Fox News reported that Durham had assumed aspects of U.S. Attorney John Huber’s investigation into the Clinton Foundation. A source familiar with Durham’s investigation told Fox News last month that parts of what Huber was investigating in 2017 — involving the Clinton Foundation — have been incorporated in Durham’s investigation.
In November 2017, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions directed Huber, the U.S. attorney for Utah, and other senior prosecutors to evaluate “certain issues” involving the sale of Uranium One, and other dealings related to the Clinton Foundation. Sessions tapped Huber after requests by congressional Republicans, who had been calling for the appointment of a special counsel to review the matters.
Huber was also tasked with reviewing the FBI’s handling of the Clinton email probe, including allegations that the Justice Department and FBI “policies or procedures” were not followed. Continued Below
The president also tweeted on Tuesday:
Taking too long. Media is in on it. A true scandal! https://t.co/tpm5MhflvM
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2020
A Disgraceful Con Artist! Charges anyone? https://t.co/llIZGu2HIu
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2020
So I had to constantly fight off all of this Scum, achieve more than any other President in First Term, and then they talk Chaos. They created crimes against me and this administration! https://t.co/jlITzFMH2E
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2020
— Lisa Matassa (@Lisa_Matassa) October 7, 2020