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Newly Declassified Documents Show Hillary May Have Set Up the Russia Hoax
      Katie Pavlich @KatiePavlich
  
  Katie Pavlich @KatiePavlich 
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 Posted: Sep 29, 2020 4:00 PM
  Newly declassified documents from Director of National Intelligence  John Ratcliffe show former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have  set up the 2016 Russia investigation into the Trump campaign. The  information was released Tuesday afternoon in a letter written to Senate  Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham. 
“In  late July 2016, U.S. intelligence agencies obtained insight into  Russian intelligence analysis alleging that U.S. Presidential candidate  Hillary Clinton had approved a campaign plan to stir up a scandal  against U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump by tying him to Putin  and the Russians' hacking of the Democratic National Committee. The IC  does not know the accuracy of this allegation or the extent to which the  Russian intelligence analysis may reflect exaggeration or fabrication,”  the letter states.  “According to his handwritten notes, former Central  Intelligence Agency Director Brennan subsequently briefed President  Obama and other senior national security officials on the intelligence,  including the ‘alleged approval by Hillary Clinton on July 26, 2016 of a  proposal from one of her foreign policy advisors to vilify Donald Trump  by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by Russian security  services.’”
"On 07 September 2016, U.S. intelligence officials  forwarded an investigative referral to FBI Director James Comey and  Deputy Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Peter Strzok regarding  ‘U.S. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's approval of a plan  concerning U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump and Russian hackers  hampering U.S. elections as a means of distracting the public from her  use of a private mail server,’” the letter continues. 
The information was released to the Committee after a request from Graham, who published the letter. 
“I  appreciate DNI Ratcliffe responding to my request for any information  concerning all things Russia in the 2016 campaign, not just alleged  Trump-Russia involvement. Director Ratcliffe will make this information  available in a classified setting. I will try to review the material as  early as today," Graham released in a statement. "This latest  information provided by DNI Ratcliffe shows there may have been a double  standard by the FBI regarding allegations against the Clinton campaign  and Russia. Whether these allegations are accurate is not the question.  The question is did the FBI investigate the allegations against Clinton  like they did Trump?  If not, why not?  If so, what was the scope of the  investigation?  If none, why was that?"
 
  “I look forward to speaking with Director Comey about this latest  information, and many other topics, at tomorrow’s hearing,” Graham  continued. 
Comey will testify in front of the Committee Wednesday at 10 p.m. eastern. Townhall will have full coverage.