CIA director: Current testimonies may allow Russiagate accountability

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CIA Director John Ratcliffe prompt Sunday that the statute of limitations would unlikely intervene with prosecutions in opposition to key figures implicated in Russiagate, telling " Sunday Morning Futures " host Maria Bartiromo that some testimonies that propelled the Trump-Russia collusion narrative occurred inside the final 5 years.

He additionally hinted at extra proof to return.

"John Brennan testified to John Durham in August of 2020. He additionally testified to the Home Oversight Committee in 2022. Hillary Clinton testified earlier than John Durham underneath oath in 2022. James Comey testified earlier than the Senate Committee in September 2020.

"All of that is inside the final 5 years and far of that testimony is frankly fully inconsistent with what our underlying intelligence that's about to be declassified within the Durham Annex [reflects]," he mentioned, teasing the discharge of the "categorized annex" of the John Durham report.

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CIA Director John Ratcliffe, flanked by Director of Nationwide Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, left, and Protection Intelligence Company Director Jeffrey Kruse, testifies because the Home Intelligence Committee holds a listening to on worldwide threats, on the Capitol, in Washington, on Wednesday, March 26. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ratcliffe mentioned that intelligence will showcase intent to speed up the Steele File into intelligence group assessments and because the foundation for Crossfire Hurricane.

The "Steele Dossier" was authored by ex-British intelligence officer Christopher Steele and was funded by Clinton’s presidential marketing campaign and the Democratic Nationwide Committee by means of the legislation agency Perkins Coie.

Bartiromo pressed on, asking Ratcliffe to make clear whether or not there's nonetheless a possibility for indictments, potential prosecutions and "accountability" for Brennan, Comey and Clinton, to which he replied, "That is why I've made the referrals that I've."

"DNI Gabbard has made referrals. And we will proceed to share the intelligence that might assist the flexibility of our Division of Justice to carry honest and simply claims in opposition to those that have perpetrated this hoax in opposition to the American individuals and this stain on our nation."

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Director of Nationwide Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard talks to reporters within the Brady Press Briefing Room on the White Home on July 23, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Gabbard declassified info concerning the alleged origins of the Trump-Russia collusion narrative. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)

A spokesperson for Clinton didn't reply to Fox Information Digital's request for remark in time for publication. Comey and Brennan didn't reply to Fox Information Digital's prior requests for remark concerning the Trump administration's accusations.

Former prosecutor Andy McCarthy advised Fox Information final week that following by means of on authorized motion in opposition to former President Barack Obama, who was additionally talked about by title within the accusations introduced forth by the Trump administration, can be a tall order.

"The scandal right here... is that they had a reputable motive to analyze Russia's meddling within the election and what they did was they used that as a pretext to principally examine Trump to spy on his presidency and to attempt to make him an ineffective president," McCarthy advised "Fox & Associates" final Thursday.

"That is why it is a horrible political soiled trick," he continued. "The difficulty once more is… is it prosecutable? And I simply do not see it."

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Former President Obama dismissed the Trump administration's claims with a statement . Congressional Democrats have additionally railed in opposition to the claims.

Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., a rating member on the Home Intelligence Committee, for example, criticized Gabbard's claims as "baseless."

Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, rating Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, accused Gabbard of "weaponizing her place to amplify the president's election conspiracy theories."