A declassified report suggests that the Hillary Clinton campaign sought to falsely claim that then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had ties with the Russian government, while the FBI failed to investigate the matter, according to the heads of the CIA, Justice Department, and a prominent Republican senator.
The documents were part of an annex to former special counsel John Durham’s 2023 report into the FBI’s investigation into allegations of Trump campaign–Russia ties, and were released by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who had received the files from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and CIA.
“This latest declassification follows the DOJ’s recent disclosure of information related to the FBI’s handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server and mishandling of classified information,” the CIA said in a statement Thursday regarding the disclosure….