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Declassified U.S. intelligence report: Trump-Russia collusion was a fabricated political and legacy media attack

A newly declassified report from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) shows that the Trump-Russia collusion narrative, which dominated U.S. political discourse for years, was not only unfounded but the result of a deliberate campaign by top officials and the media to deceive the public and intelligence community.

The report, titled “Manufactured Russia Hoax,” concludes that key actors within U.S. intelligence agencies, political campaigns, and legacy mainstream media organisations knowingly advanced a narrative of collusion between Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russian operatives, despite lacking credible evidence. The Committee alleges that these efforts were driven by political motives aimed at undermining Trump’s presidency and damaging public trust in the electoral process.

According to the document, the Clinton campaign played a central role in initiating and disseminating unverified allegations—most notably through the infamous Steele Dossier. The report also accuses senior FBI and CIA officials of failing to adequately vet intelligence and of allowing partisan bias to guide investigative actions, such as the FISA surveillance of Trump campaign associates.

Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), stated in a press briefing that the report “lays bare a systemic failure of accountability within our institutions, compounded by a media ecosystem eager to promote a false narrative.”

The report further calls for reforms in intelligence oversight, stricter evidentiary standards for surveillance approvals, and accountability for individuals who misled the public or abused their positions.

Democrats on the Committee have dismissed the findings as “politically motivated”, accusing Republicans of rewriting history and ignoring the bipartisan conclusions of previous investigations that acknowledged Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 election, albeit without proven coordination with the Trump campaign.

The release is likely to reignite debate over the politicisation of intelligence and the legacy of investigations into alleged Russian interference.

Legacy media role

The report delivers a scathing assessment of the media’s role in perpetuating the Trump-Russia collusion narrative, accusing major outlets of acting as willing participants in a disinformation campaign. Rather than independently verifying explosive claims—many of which originated from politically motivated sources—news organizations repeatedly published unsubstantiated stories that fuelled public hysteria and legitimized baseless accusations. According to the report, certain journalists were not only complicit but actively coordinated with intelligence leaks and partisan operatives, amplifying narratives that lacked evidentiary support. The Committee argues that this failure of journalistic integrity helped entrench a false narrative in the public consciousness and contributed to years of political division and institutional mistrust.

Main players in the hoax

The report says that senior Obama administration officials including Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John Brennan, James Comey, and James Clapper were aware as early as July 2016 that the Clinton campaign was attempting to link Donald Trump to Russia as a political tactic. Despite this, the officials allowed the FBI’s investigation to proceed based on unverified intelligence, including the Steele Dossier. The report identifies Christopher Steele, Fusion GPS, and other Clinton campaign allies as key figures in creating and spreading the false claims, while accusing Brennan, Comey, and Clapper of enabling or failing to prevent the misuse of intelligence for political purposes.

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13 COMMENTS

    • Wont happen. These political parties know if one starts locking their members up, the others will retaliate when their turn on the throne comes. This is just a distraction.

  1. Wait for it… what if the Obama Clinton administration were involved in selling Uranium to Russia, pallets of cash to Iran and a pay-for-play server where Hillary sold state secrets such as military technology to the Chinese…?

    What if they were doing the very things they accused their political enemy of ?

    Read: “the most transparent administration” as; the most corrupt.

    Ardern used the same playbook, Read: “Empathy is a kind of strength”, was more like; compassionless careless cruel and destructive at any cost.

  2. Or hang them for treason.
    The same fate here in NZ for those responsible
    in closing down an indespensable refinery – treasonous

  3. This is what happens when you vote with ‘virtue-signaling’, thus bringing in an illegal Kenyan assisted by Israeli poli-Ticks into the realm.
    This is how the gay homo coonies operate and behave. There is truly someting wrong with the mind of blacks, as noted below-
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woAFfMOakcQ
    Obama (aka Barry Soetoro) was trained by leftist extremist Bill Ayers of the radical ‘Weathermen’ of the 60’s & 70’s to eventually round-up Americans who were colour-coded on their government files and mailboxes.
    Green=will not interfere with a Communist Revolution-leave alone.
    Yellow=take to FEMA Concentration Camp for re-education into the communist doctrine.
    Red= guillotine immediately!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy7FVXERKFE
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN061EITkdE
    https://www.bitchute.com/video/HQ4RikHnhHIx
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpLLyyqkue4
    J3w$ – 2% of the U.S. population, yet own 68% of the wealth there, and are over-represented in government positions, as noted in the past and Presidential Cabinet positions.
    https://www.bitchute.com/video/ZYq0WPAS7s5V/
    Here’s what needs to be done to clear the filth OUT of America and the British Commonwealth nations-
    https://www.bitchute.com/video/vfkSxYmcSKj8/

  4. If the media are proven liars, only fools would take ANY media seriously (including DTNZ). It’s instead wiser to presume that everything from all media are lies. Until proven otherwise.

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