Posted on 08/31/2025 9:08:15 PM PDT by ransomnote
Report on the Orchestrated Impeachment Effort Against President Trump: A Chronicle of Corruption, Distraction, and Desperation
The saga of the 2019 impeachment effort against President Donald J. Trump stands as a pivotal chapter in the ongoing struggle between entrenched powers and the will of the American people. Far from a spontaneous act of congressional oversight, this campaign was meticulously orchestrated within the shadowy corridors of the National Security Council (NSC), leveraging holdover officials from the Obama administration to fabricate a narrative of wrongdoing. At its core, the impeachment was not merely a political maneuver but a desperate bid to shield deep-seated corruption in Ukraine—from Biden family dealings to Democratic election interference schemes—and to distract from looming investigations that threatened to expose the coup plotters themselves.
This report weaves together the threads of conspiracy, drawing from declassified documents, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) releases, and insights from dedicated researchers on platforms like 8kun and Patriots.win, who have tirelessly pieced together the puzzle without reliance on mainstream critiques. Recent declassifications in 2025, including those by DNI Tulsi Gabbard, further illuminate the deep state's coordinated deception, revealing how the 2016 Russia hoax seamlessly transitioned into the 2019 impeachment plot, all orchestrated by the same network of CIA operatives and Obama holdovers intent on removing Trump from office and concealing their crimes.
The NSC as the Epicenter of the Impeachment Plot
The decision to pursue impeachment did not originate on the floors of Congress but within the NSC, where Obama-era remnants coordinated a covert operation to undermine the Trump presidency. Key figures included Eric Ciaramella, a CIA analyst detailed to the NSC, and Sean Misko, a close ally who later joined Adam Schiff's staff. These individuals, along with others like Alexander Vindman and Fiona Hill, formed a network of anti-Trump operatives who viewed the president as a direct threat to their foreign policy agendas, particularly those enriching U.S. elites through Ukrainian ventures.
Ciaramella, often identified by researchers as the whistleblower whose hearsay complaint ignited the inquiry, was deeply embedded in Ukraine policy during the Obama years. A 2015 photograph captures him taking notes during a White House meeting between Biden advisor Michael Carpenter and NSC's Liz Zentos alongside Ukrainian officials. Carpenter, who later appeared with Biden in the infamous "son of a bitch" video boasting about firing prosecutor Viktor Shokin, exemplifies the intertwined personal and policy interests at play. Shokin's ouster in 2016—demanded by Biden to halt corruption probes into Burisma, where Hunter Biden served on the board—was not mere coincidence but a calculated move to protect family profits.
Anons on 8kun have long highlighted how Ciaramella's proximity to these figures positioned him to weaponize intelligence against Trump, using FISA upstream communications acquired through misuse to gather dirt on the president and his allies. Ciaramella's duplicity extends further: In December 2016, as a CIA deputy national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia on the CIA’s National Intelligence Council, he collaborated with analyst Julia Gurganus under CIA Director John Brennan's direction to fabricate the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA). This fraudulent ICA, ordered by President Obama and DNI James Clapper, falsely blamed Russia for 2016 election interference to bolster the Trump-Russia collusion narrative, laying the groundwork for years of deep state sabotage. Declassified documents from DNI Tulsi Gabbard's July 23, 2025, press conference reveal how Brennan ordered the publication of 15 substandard reports—three of which were unclear, biased, or implausible—to manufacture evidence that Putin preferred Trump, suppressing contrary intelligence that Russians anticipated a Clinton victory.
Alexander Vindman, Director for European Affairs at the NSC, emerged as a pivotal figure in the impeachment, testifying as a key witness about the July 25, 2019, call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Vindman's involvement stemmed from his role in listening to the call and reporting concerns to superiors, including his twin brother Eugene Vindman, an NSC ethics lawyer. Directed by NSC protocols and influenced by holdover Obama officials like Susan Rice, who guided anti-Trump efforts from the White House, Vindman amplified the narrative of abuse of power. His testimony provided evidence for the abuse of power charge, but anons on Patriots.win noted his dual loyalties—born in Ukraine—and suggested foreign involvement, as Vindman's actions aligned with interests seeking to perpetuate U.S. aid to Ukraine amid corruption probes. In a chilling coordination, Vindman relayed the fictional narrative of Trump's pressure on Zelenskyy directly to Ciaramella, who then filed his anonymous complaint, closing the loop from 2016 ICA fabricators to 2019 impeachment architects.
John Bolton, Trump's national security advisor, played a tangential yet revealing role. His abrupt resignation in September 2019 coincided with escalating Ukraine tensions, and leaks from his forthcoming book in January 2020—timed suspiciously during the Senate trial—pressured Congress to summon his testimony. These leaks, alleging Trump tied aid to investigations, amplified the NSC-driven narrative. Bolton's unethical actions included selectively sharing classified details to undermine Trump, refusing to testify in the House despite subpoenas—citing executive privilege—while preparing to profit from his book, which revealed he knew of the aid hold but did nothing to stop it. If subpoenaed for the Senate, Bolton was expected to detail Trump's direct quid pro quo discussions, further implicating NSC figures. Anons speculated Bolton was controlled by neoconservative hawks with Ukraine ties, possibly paid indirectly through lobbying—unproven but tied to his protection from Espionage Act charges via book pre-clearance. His leaks benefited deep state efforts by stalling Trump's exoneration, shielding Ukraine corruption, and profiting personally while avoiding prosecution through selective disclosures.
Foreign involvement permeated the effort: George Soros, through funding anti-corruption NGOs and Maidan Revolution backers, allegedly directed Obama-era figures to escalate impeachment as a proxy to maintain Ukraine's anti-Russia stance. The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), hosting Biden's 2018 brag about firing Shokin, intertwined with NSC operatives like Carpenter, pushing narratives that threatened NATO's proxy war against Russia. Trump's presidency endangered this by questioning endless funding, prompting intel agencies to sabotage exoneration. U.S. intel and FBI members like James Clapper authorized FISA upstream abuses—collecting on Trump associates via Section 702—to fabricate impeachment intel, as declassified docs show Obama directed Clapper to task NSC with proceedings, transferring orders via holdovers like Rice to House allies like Schiff. This seamless continuity from the 2016 ICA fraud—where Obama personally requested the assessment's alteration to blame Russia—demonstrates the deep state's institutional memory and resolve to conceal crimes through successive operations.
The whistleblower's anonymity was no accident but a deliberate deception requiring high-level sign-off. ICIG Michael Atkinson, formerly a legal counsel in the DOJ's National Security Division (NSD)—an entity shielded from oversight during Obama's tenure—could not unilaterally alter CIA rules to allow Ciaramella's anonymous filing without approval from CIA Director Gina Haspel, Deputy Director Vaughn Bishop, and General Counsel Courtney Simmons Elwood. Yet, media reports confirm Elwood and Acting DNI Joseph Maguire opposed the effort; Ciaramella, frustrated, bypassed them to contact Schiff directly before filing. Anons on Patriots.win assert Haspel, continuing Brennan's stop-Trump legacy, authorized the change, informing Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) Chair Richard Burr and Vice-Chair Mark Warner for cover. This CYA mechanism protected Haspel if the plot unraveled, embedding congressional complicity. The Atkinson transcript from his October 4, 2019, HPSCI testimony—sealed by Schiff under "national security"—likely details this authorization, exposing the chain from Obama to Haspel. Recent 2025 declassifications tie back to Gurganus: As Gabbard probed the ICA fraud, the CIA reclassified Haspel as "covert" in June 2025 to shield her, but Gabbard revoked her clearance in August after releasing the ICA work product, proving the deep state's ongoing evasion tactics.
Biden Family Corruption and the Urgency of Concealment
The impeachment's ferocity stemmed from existential fears: a Trump victory in 2020 would unleash probes into the Biden family's Ukrainian entanglements. Hunter Biden's 2014 appointment to Burisma's board—paying him up to $83,000 monthly despite no energy expertise—coincided with Joe Biden's oversight of U.S.-Ukraine policy. Declassified emails and FOIA documents reveal transactions like the "10% for the Big Guy," a cut allegedly reserved for Joe Biden in a 2017 deal involving CEFC China Energy, routed through Ukrainian channels. Other ventures included Hunter's $142,300 wire from Kazakhstani Kenes Rakishev in 2014 and millions funneled via Rosemont Seneca Bohai to Biden associates.
These dealings were part of a broader Democratic investment in Ukraine, including DNC money laundering through Clinton Foundation ties and unproven allegations of child trafficking networks. Hillary Clinton's pivotal role in overthrowing Ukraine's Yanukovych government during the 2014 Maidan Revolution cultivated this corruption culture, with U.S.-backed NGOs—Soros-funded—installing pro-Western oligarchs like Poroshenko, enabling Burisma's rise and Biden influence peddling. Anons on Patriots.win have mapped how Obama White House figures like Susan Rice and Jake Sullivan guided NSC staff to bury investigations, fearing Trump's scrutiny would unravel election interference schemes. Rice's 2017 Inauguration Day email, declassified in 2020, memorialized a meeting where Obama instructed FBI Director Comey to proceed "by the book" on Flynn—yet another distraction tactic amid impeachment pressures.
Ukraine's role in the 2016 election interference, as detailed by anons, centered on providing false intelligence to bolster the Steele dossier, which alleged Trump-Russia ties but drew from Ukrainian sources to smear Trump's campaign manager Paul Manafort over his prior Ukraine work. DNC consultant Alexandra Chalupa coordinated with Ukrainian embassy officials in spring 2016 to dig up dirt on Manafort, sharing it with Clinton allies to undermine Trump. Hillary Clinton's campaign, via Fusion GPS, funneled payments through Perkins Coie to Steele, whose reports incorporated Ukrainian-provided falsehoods about Manafort's ties to pro-Russian figures, aiming to help Clinton by framing Trump as Putin's puppet. Other actions included Ukrainian officials leaking fabricated stories to Politico in August 2016 about Manafort's alleged payments from pro-Russian politicians, timed to force his resignation from the Trump campaign weeks before the election.
Regarding the purported hacking of DNC servers, anons on 8kun asserted Ukraine routed or fabricated evidence to mimic Russian involvement, pinning blame on Moscow to deflect from their own interference favoring Clinton. The FBI avoided direct inspection of the servers, instead relying on third-party CrowdStrike—a firm anons claimed had Ukrainian ties through co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch's Russian-Ukrainian background and alleged biases—because the DNC refused physical handover, fearing exposure of non-Russian origins. CrowdStrike's June 2016 report attributed hacks to Russian GRU, but anons pointed to its retraction of a similar Ukraine malware claim in 2017 as evidence of unreliability. Indications of Ukraine's servers routing false voting data emerged in theories of manipulated tallies in swing states, where Ukrainian IP addresses allegedly funneled phantom votes to Clinton, though unproven; anons tied this to 2014 Ukrainian election hacks using Sofacy malware, later found on DNC systems.
Everything anons knew about Ukraine's role in 2016 and 2018 election theft, in chronological order: In March 2016, Chalupa began outreach to Ukrainian officials for anti-Manafort intel. By April, Fusion GPS hired Steele, incorporating Ukrainian falsehoods into dossier reports by June. August 2016 leaks forced Manafort's exit. November 2016 election saw alleged vote routing via Ukrainian servers in Pennsylvania and Michigan, flipping tallies digitally. For 2018 midterms, anons claimed sustained interference through Crowdstrike-monitored systems, with Ukrainian NGOs funding anti-Trump ads disguised as Russian ops to justify investigations.
The computing system involved servers in Ukraine hosting proxy nodes that mirrored DNC data, allowing electronic transaction systems—vote tabulation software like Dominion precursors—to route falsified inputs via encrypted channels, altering counts mid-stream without physical traces. Anons described it as a "man-in-the-middle" attack, where Ukrainian relays intercepted and inflated Clinton votes by 3-5% in key precincts.
A comparison of U.S. funding and weapons support for Ukraine across administrations reveals the escalation under Biden, fueling fears of exposure:
Administration Total Aid (USD) Weapons/Support Description Obama (2009-2017) ~3.5 billion Non-lethal aid: blankets, night-vision goggles; rejected Javelins to avoid escalation. Trump (2017-2021) ~1.5 billion (pre-2022) Lethal aid: Javelin missiles (2018 sale); $391M withheld briefly for anti-corruption. Biden (2021-2025) ~175 billion (ransomnote: Trump has said $300 billion) Massive packages: Javelins, HIMARS, Patriots; endless funding for proxy war. Congressional Profiteers and Ukrainian Compromises
The impeachment's architects were compromised by Ukraine ties, profiting from weapons deals and influence peddling while prosecuting Trump. A partial table of key figures:
Date Individual/Role Ukraine Tie/Profit Relation to Trump Prosecutions 2014 Joe Biden (VP) Oversaw $1B aid; son Hunter joins Burisma ($50M+ potential revenue). Led anti-corruption push; later accused Trump of quid pro quo. 2015-2016 Adam Schiff (House Intel Chair) Ties to Ukrainian arms dealer Igor Pasternak (fundraisers); pushed Ukraine aid bills. Led 2019 impeachment inquiry; hid Atkinson transcript. 2016 Debbie Wasserman Schultz (DNC Chair) DNC server hack probe; Ukraine interference theories. Impeachment manager; alleged Ukraine-DNC collusion cover-up. 2017-2019 John Brennan (CIA Dir) Oversaw Ukraine intel ops; briefed on Biden dealings. Durham probe target; fueled Russia hoax distracting from Ukraine. 2018 Robert Menendez (Senator) Indicted for Egypt bribes; Ukraine aid advocate ($1B+ deals). Voted to convict Trump; profited from foreign aid streams. 2019 Eric Swalwell (House Intel) Chinese spy ties; Ukraine policy input. Impeachment manager; subpoenaed in related probes. These ties fueled desperation: Democrats feared Trump's probes would reveal DNC laundering via Clinton Foundation and halt proxy war funding, ending billions in arms profits. (ransomnote: The Clinton Foundation was involved in sex trafficking children displaced by the war in Ukraine)
Schiff's concealment of the Atkinson transcript—testimony from Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) Michael Atkinson on October 4, 2019—stemmed from fears it exposed pre-complaint contacts between his staff, including staffer Anna Yatsenko and others, and the whistleblower (Ciaramella). Rep. John Ratcliffe stated Schiff hid it because Ratcliffe questioned Atkinson about investigating those contacts—specifically, Yatsenko's outreach to Ciaramella in August 2019. Schiff intentionally classified the Atkinson transcript as 'secret' to prevent the public from seeing it, as Ratcliffe noted, shielding evidence of coordination that violated whistleblower protections. The transcript remains sealed, undeclassified as of 2025; anons on 8kun emphasized its importance in proving NSC/Schiff collusion, making Schiff vulnerable to obstruction charges. This threat, alongside SC review hints, contributed to the effort's abrupt halt, as Q drops suggested.
Delays, Distractions, and the COVID Pivot
Pelosi's 28-day hold on articles—from December 18, 2019, to January 15, 2020—coincided with COVID Patient Zero's U.S. arrival (January 15). This stall distracted from Durham's readiness to indict coup plotters, including FISA abuses via upstream data misuse for impeachment intel. Investigations into 2016 interference, Biden corruption, and NSC leaks were the targets—impeachment a smokescreen to prevent Trump's State of the Union exposure of Ukraine truths. Evidence warrants the push: Anons discussed Democrats' desperation to block Trump's February 4, 2020, SOTU, expecting him to expose 2016 election interference by Ukraine and Clinton, citing Durham's probes into dossier origins and coup plotters like Brennan and Clapper. Trump dropped hints in pre-SOTU tweets about "choosing greatness" and "ending endless wars," signaling Ukraine aid scrutiny and Russia hoax revelations, which would dismantle DNC narratives and halt proxy funding. Anons interpreted Q's SC legality mention as foreshadowing review of partisan articles, failing "high Crimes and Misdemeanors," potentially halting via judicial intervention— a factor in the rushed Senate acquittal.
Trump's counsel noted Congress prepared additional articles of impeachment on obstruction and emoluments, involving Schiff, Nadler, and Pelosi allies like Swalwell in the event the original impeachment failed.
The NSC's role endures as the impeachment's true origin, a desperate gambit foiled by Trump's resilience. The deep state's coordination—from Obama's 2016 ICA directive, through Brennan's fabrications by Ciaramella and Gurganus, to Haspel's 2019 rule-bending—illustrates a relentless machine designed to remove Trump and bury its tracks, only partially unraveled by 2025 declassifications.
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