In 2016, a political conspiracy gripped the nation, fueled by a fabricated narrative of Russian collusion aimed at derailing Donald Trump’s campaign.

Now, the truth is breaking free. Newly declassified documents expose a calculated plot by Hillary Clinton’s campaign, aided by top Obama-era officials, to smear Trump and distract from Clinton’s email scandal.

At the heart of this scandal stands former CIA Director John Brennan, now scrambling to defend his role as the Trump administration’s transparency crusade unveils the depths of the Russia hoax.

On Thursday, former CIA Director John Brennan appeared on MSNBC, visibly rattled, to counter explosive revelations from newly declassified documents that expose his central role in the 2016 Trump-Russia collusion hoax.

The documents, part of the unclassified appendix to Special Counsel John Durham’s 2023 report released by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, detail a Clinton campaign scheme, personally approved by Hillary Clinton, to falsely tie Donald Trump to Russia.

They also confirm Brennan’s involvement in incorporating the Clinton-funded Steele dossier into a January 2017 intelligence assessment, despite objections from senior CIA officials.

Brennan, questioned by MSNBC about the documents and the Department of Justice’s newly formed strike force to investigate the hoax, insisted the dossier had no impact.

"Putting together an internal strike force to take a look at this information is certainly understandable, but I also like to think that the professionals at the Department of Justice will dismiss any of these [criminal] referrals because they are baseless because they really are. So, I stand ready to talk about the assessment and what we did during that period of time," Brennan said nervously. "There was absolutely no conspiracy and we continue to stand behind what we said publicly."

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When pressed on whether he feared punishment for his role, Brennan doubled down.

"Well, I guess they’re going to do what they’re going to do. I just feel as though what we did was right. It was legitimate. It was based on our authorities and responsibilities. We would have been derelict if we didn’t do these things."

The declassified Durham annex contradicts Brennan’s claims. It reveals that on August 3, 2016, Brennan briefed President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, FBI Director James Comey, and others at the White House on the Clinton campaign’s plan to smear Trump with Russian ties.

The documents show Brennan, Comey, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper knowingly included the Steele dossier—funded by Clinton’s campaign and the DNC—in their intelligence assessment, despite 2017 FBI reports suggesting it contained Russian disinformation.

A recent CIA report, announced by CIA Director John Ratcliffe, further confirms that Brennan, Comey, and Clapper collaborated to corrupt the Trump-Russia investigation before Trump’s inauguration.

The Durham annex also exposes the Clinton campaign’s reliance on firms like Crowdstrike and ThreatConnect to push unverified claims of Russian hacking, with no "conclusive irrefutable evidence" of Moscow’s involvement in the DNC email leak.

Emails from Open Society Foundations official Leonard Benardo, tied to George Soros, detailed the plot.

"HRC approved [campaign adviser] Julie’s idea about Trump and Russian hackers hampering US elections. That should distract people from her own missing emails," Benardo wrote on July 27, 2016. Another email noted, "Later the FBI will put more oil into the fire."

Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, Ratcliffe, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified the annex at Grassley’s request, emphasizing public transparency.

"Based on the Durham annex, the Obama FBI failed to adequately review and investigate intelligence reports showing the Clinton campaign may have been ginning up the fake Trump-Russia narrative for Clinton’s political gain," Grassley stated. "This political weaponization has caused critical damage to our institutions and is one of the biggest political scandals and cover-ups in American history."

John Brennan’s desperate defense on MSNBC only underscores the magnitude of this scandal.

The Durham annex and new CIA findings confirm what President Trump has said all along: the Russia collusion narrative was a vicious lie, concocted by Clinton’s campaign and amplified by corrupt officials like Brennan, Comey, and Clapper.