Senator Lindsey Graham has renewed the call for accountability at the FBI, arguing that James Comey and other senior officials misled the courts, suppressed evidence, and pushed false narratives in order to bring down Donald Trump. Appearing on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures, Graham called the Crossfire Hurricane probe “the most corrupt investigation in the history of the country” and insisted that Comey’s indictment was “long overdue.” He added, “This is the tip of the iceberg.”
Graham tied the origins of the Trump–Russia collusion story directly to Hillary Clinton’s campaign. He pointed out that in August 2016, Comey attended a meeting with President Obama, CIA Director John Brennan, and others, where intelligence was presented showing that the “narrative” linking Trump to Russia was a Clinton strategy to deflect from her email server scandal. By September, a memo confirmed that her campaign had signed off on this plan, yet the FBI continued to pursue Trump and his advisers. “Every time there was some exculpatory information, the court never heard about it; it was swept under the rug,” Graham said.
The Steele Dossier and the FISA Court
One of the clearest examples of misconduct involved the Steele dossier. Graham explained that by January 2017, the FBI already knew its source dismissed the information as “bar talk” and “hearsay.” He recounted, “The man who provided the information to Steele said to two FBI agents in January of 2017, ‘This is all bar talk, hearsay, it was never meant to be used in court.’ And they still went after Carter Page with a warrant two more times.”
Despite this, FBI officials used the dossier to secure surveillance warrants. In February 2018, they even told the Senate Intelligence Committee that Steele was credible, despite knowing from their own files that his source had disavowed the claims. Graham blasted this deception: “Somebody needs to go to jail for this. This is a second lie. This is a second crime. They lied to the FISA court and to the Senate Intelligence Committee.”
The FBI’s Trap for Michael Flynn
The FBI’s targeting of General Michael Flynn further demonstrated the agency’s corruption. Handwritten notes from January 2017 asked whether the goal was “truth/admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired?” Flynn was interviewed without legal counsel despite the FBI already possessing wiretaps that showed no crimes. The interview report was later edited by agents who never even spoke with Flynn.
Flynn pleaded guilty after prosecutors threatened to charge his son, but President Trump called the case a disgrace. “What happened to General Michael Flynn, a war hero, should never be allowed to happen to a citizen of the United States again,” he tweeted. Critics argue Flynn’s prosecution was designed solely to keep the Russia narrative alive.
Obama’s Wiretapping and the Manafort Surveillance
The FBI’s surveillance of Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort proved that the Obama administration was listening in on Trump’s inner circle. “When he talked to Trump, the Obama Admin was listening. When he talked about campaign strategy, the Obama Admin was listening,” one report concluded. CNN admitted that surveillance on Manafort continued into early 2017 but produced no charges.
James Comey publicly denied having evidence that Obama had wiretapped Trump, but as Newt Gingrich observed, “This is a radically bigger scandal than anything about Russia.” Fox News analyst Andrew Napolitano asked the critical question: “Were they listening to Paul Manafort during the campaign in order to find out what Donald Trump was going to do next and help Hillary?”
The Secret Society and Missing Messages
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson revealed that text messages from FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page suggested the existence of a “secret society” working against Trump. In one exchange, Strzok wrote that the FBI needed an “insurance policy” in case Trump won. Representative Trey Gowdy called the bias “stunning” and “manifest bias not just against Trump, but against his kids, against his business interests.”
To make matters worse, five months of texts between Strzok and Page were conveniently “lost” by the FBI. These missing records covered Trump’s inauguration, Flynn’s firing, Comey’s firing, and Mueller’s appointment. Senator Johnson said he was “suspicious” of the loss, while Attorney General Jeff Sessions promised to “leave no stone unturned” in recovering them.
A Coup from Within
Former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe even admitted that he and others discussed wearing a wire to entrap Trump and explored invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him. As critics pointed out, the amendment applies only in cases of presidential incapacity, not political opposition. This revealed how far FBI leadership was willing to go to oust a duly elected president.
The Steele dossier, the Flynn setup, the wiretapping of Manafort, the secret “insurance policy,” and the missing texts all fit a larger pattern. Graham warned, “The reason they didn’t investigate, the reason they didn’t disclose, the reason they leaked information is they’re trying to take Donald Trump down.”
This was not just bias but a weaponization of America’s most powerful law enforcement agency. As Graham concluded, accountability is overdue. The conspiracy to stop Trump was unconstitutional, illegal, and driven by senior figures including Comey, Hillary Clinton, and even President Obama.
