James Clapper, Obamas Director of National Intelligence, told CNNs Jim Sciutto that President Obama was the one who directed the deep state to assemble all the reporting about Russia meddling in the 2016 election. The admission that Obama himself ordered the start of the witch hunt, also known as the Russia probe, shows how the administration used its powers to try to develop and create a crime where one did not exist.
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This came out early October 2019, i haven’t heard more about it since, but i don’t watch news much.