According to Fox News analyst Gregg Jarrett, the story behind the Russia collusion narrative is not simply a tale of political rivalry or confusion. It is a documented account of how senior government officials learned early on that the claims against Donald Trump were false, yet continued promoting them anyway. Jarrett argues that the newly uncovered documents, interviews, burn bag discoveries, and declassified intelligence show that James Comey, John Brennan, and others were aware that the Russia narrative began as a political operation approved by Hillary Clinton. He writes that these findings reveal \u201ca coordinated plan to prevent and destroy Donald Trump\u2019s presidency.\u201d The evidence suggests a deliberate conspiracy involving top officials who misused federal power in a manner that threatened the Constitution itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most explosive evidence came from the burn bags discovered by FBI Director Kash Patel. These bags were normally used to destroy sensitive materials. Instead, thousands of Russia related documents had been sealed inside them and hidden away. Patel wrote that his team \u201cjust uncovered burn bags filled with hidden Russia Gate files.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among those files were Comey\u2019s own handwritten notes on an FBI notepad marked \u201cDirector.\u201d One note, dated September 26, 2016, contained the phrase \u201cHRC plan to tie Trump.\u201d This was not speculation or rumor. It was Comey\u2019s confirmation that he knew Hillary Clinton had approved a plan to connect Trump to Russia for political advantage. The burn bags held the notes that Comey had intended for destruction. Jarrett explained that they were \u201csupposed to go up in smoke\u201d and would have, if not for an unknown failure in the incineration process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Comey later told Congress he had \u201cno recollection whatsoever\u201d of such a plan. The note contradicts that testimony entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The initials \u201cJB\u201d appear next to the information in Comey\u2019s note. Jarrett argues that this almost certainly refers to John Brennan, who was CIA Director at the time. Brennan\u2019s own declassified handwritten notes showed that intelligence sources had identified Clinton\u2019s plan to \u201cvilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by the Russian security services.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brennan did not keep this intelligence to himself. He briefed President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI Director James Comey, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. According to Jarrett, Brennan had \u201cdisclosed the shocking information\u201d at an urgent White House meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet no one at that meeting warned the American people. CIA spokeswoman Liz Lyons later said the newly declassified files reveal that \u201cthe Hillary Clinton campaign worked to plant the Trump Russia narrative in the press with her direct approval.\u201d Ratcliffe added that the same documents showed \u201ca coordinated plan to prevent and destroy Donald Trump\u2019s presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On September 7, 2016, U.S. intelligence officials sent the FBI a referral memo recommending that Clinton\u2019s plan be investigated. Instead of acting on it, Comey concealed it. Jarrett noted that disclosure of the memo would have \u201cunmasked Hillary\u2019s treachery and exonerated Trump of any wrongdoing.\u201d Instead, Comey used the Russia narrative as the basis for Crossfire Hurricane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When questioned by Congress years later, Comey said he could not remember any such referral. The notes, the memo, and internal FBI records now prove otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The scheme was not limited to internal discussions. Declassified intelligence released by DNI Tulsi Gabbard included emails from Leonard Benardo of the Open Society Foundations. The emails described efforts to create messaging about \u201cTrump and Russian hackers hampering U.S. elections\u201d as a distraction from Clinton\u2019s email scandal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One Benardo email stated, \u201c[I]t will be a long term affair to demonize Putin and Trump.\u201d In another, he wrote that \u201cHRC approved Julia\u2019s idea about Trump and Russian hackers hampering U.S. elections.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The newly declassified intelligence concluded that these emails were \u201clikely authentic.\u201d FBI analysts told Durham\u2019s team that their best assessment was that the emails were genuine and reflected actual planning inside Clinton\u2019s political network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senator Chuck Grassley pointed out the suspicious effort to hide these records. He said on television that \u201csome of these documents, emails and thumb drives were in trash bags or what you call burn bags\u201d and added that this showed how far officials would go \u201cto cover up and avoid embarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After reviewing the intelligence, Brennan prepared a memo to defensively brief Obama and senior officials. He referred the information to them because it showed that the Russia collusion narrative was likely a political operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ratcliffe later said that the documents reveal officials had \u201csought to delegitimize the 2016 election\u201d in a way that \u201csubverted the will of the American people.\u201d Gabbard said that Obama era intelligence leaders ran \u201ca years long coup\u201d against Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alexa Henning, deputy chief of staff to Gabbard, publicly criticized media attempts to dismiss the intelligence. When the New York Times suggested the documents were fabricated, she responded with, \u201cAre we really doing this?\u201d She added that \u201cno one is buying your bulls\u2013t anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Comey\u2019s emails also revealed his expectation that Clinton would win the presidency. He wrote that he would soon be working for a president who would be \u201cvery grateful.\u201d Jarrett explained that this expectation influenced his decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Comey cleared Clinton of email crimes on July 5, 2016. That same day, the FBI was meeting with Christopher Steele, whose anti Trump dossier was funded by Clinton and the DNC. FBI agents had already debunked Steele\u2019s claims. Yet Comey used the dossier as justification to expand Crossfire Hurricane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This pattern shows intent. Comey saw Clinton as the likely next president and acted in ways that would benefit her and harm her opponent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The burn bags contained much more than Comey\u2019s notes. They included files related to Crossfire Hurricane, the January 6 breach, the Mar a Lago raid, and Arctic Frost. Arctic Frost began under Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray in 2022 and secretly collected nearly 200 subpoenas targeting more than 400 Republicans, including senators and media figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grassley said the attempt to hide the files revealed \u201cthe deep state here in this city of Washington.\u201d He described it as \u201can island surrounded by reality\u201d where officials would \u201cdo anything to cover up\u201d their conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These documents are now part of a grand jury investigation in South Florida that spans three presidential elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Loretta Lynch was briefed by Brennan about the Clinton plan. She took no action to stop it or inform Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
James Clapper was present for Brennan\u2019s White House briefing. He said nothing publicly, even as Crossfire Hurricane accelerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jake Sullivan, who later became Biden\u2019s national security adviser, told Durham he \u201ccould not conclusively rule out\u201d that the Clinton plan existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Julianne Smith, a Clinton foreign policy adviser, admitted she might have heard discussions about using Russia claims to distract from Clinton\u2019s email problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FBI analysts judged the Benardo emails \u201clikely authentic,\u201d but Comey\u2019s FBI refused to fully vet them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The evidence shows that senior officials knew the Russia collusion story came from a political operation. Yet they allowed it to be used to justify surveillance, leaks, investigations, and national upheaval. Jarrett argues that this was a deliberate abuse of power and that \u201cthe law enforcers became the lawbreakers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The saga was not only an attack on Donald Trump. It was an attack on the American people, who were deceived by officials sworn to uphold the truth. As Jarrett wrote, \u201cThe enemy is within.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A reckoning, he warns, is coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NP Editor: <\/strong>After all of the years, is it finally time for certain people to be tried and go to jail? Trump was impeached and almost thrown out of office because of a conspiracy that accused Trump of completely false information. This is treason by any measure. Finally Hillary in stripes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" According to Fox News analyst Gregg Jarrett, the story behind the Russia collusion narrative is not simply a tale of political rivalry or confusion. It is a documented account of how senior government officials learned early on that the claims against Donald Trump were false, yet continued promoting them anyway. Jarrett argues that the newly uncovered documents, interviews, burn bag discoveries, and declassified intelligence show that James Comey, John Brennan, and others were aware that the Russia narrative began as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,8,18,21,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-democrats","category-elections","category-politics","category-threat-to-america","category-trump"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/comeybrennaadf.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6713,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6711\/revisions\/6713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}