Newly declassified documents reveal Obama-era officials coordinated with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s campaign aides during the 2016 election.
The disclosures come from the government’s “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation into alleged Trump-Russia collusion.
Director of Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a memo showing U.S. intelligence concluded Russia did not play a significant role in President Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton.
Paul Sperry of Real Clear Investigations reported that texts and emails indicate direct coordination between the Obama White House, NSC, State Department, and intelligence officials with Clinton 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…” Sperry wrote.
The documents are the clearest proof yet that Obama officials had serious doubts about Russian interference, even as they continued the investigation.
The memo, dated 2016, told then-President Obama that “Russian and criminal actors did not impact recent US election results by conducting malicious cyber activities against election infrastructure.”
While noting prior attempts to breach Illinois voter rolls and other states, the memo states these efforts never compromised