Former aides to Barack Obama are scrambling to contain the growing scandal surrounding their ex-boss, crafting a questionable strategy to keep damaging information from spreading further.
According to The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft, Tulsi Gabbard recently released a second set of previously hidden documents. These files reportedly provide further evidence that Obama personally authorized the Russia Collusion narrative despite knowing there was no factual basis for it.
“Page three of this latest document drop shows that then-President Obama ordered the release of documents, knowing there was no evidence to back them up. Obama didn’t just know about the Russia hoax – he directed it. All to delegitimize Trump’s historic win.”
The documents also suggest Obama helped conceal compromising material that Vladimir Putin allegedly held over Hillary Clinton, including details about her health.
Several Obama-linked officials who promoted the Russia Hoax now face serious legal risks. Former CIA Director John Brennan, for instance, could potentially face criminal charges, as noted by George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley.
Meanwhile, ex-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has reportedly hired legal counsel in anticipation of trouble.
NBC News recently uncovered that Obama’s inner circle is frantically searching for ways to downplay the scandal and prevent additional damaging claims from gaining traction.
From NBC News:
“To former aides who worked in Barack Obama’s White House, the Trump administration’s allegations of ‘treason’ carried the stench of desperation from a president straining to shift the focus from a burgeoning scandal around Jeffrey Epstein. Still, they’re grappling with how to contain the unprecedented accusations National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard has leveled, even as they dismiss them as asinine, interviews with more than half a dozen people who worked in Obama’s White House or on his campaigns reveal.”
Sources describe a delicate balancing act—avoiding amplifying false claims while preventing unchecked accusations from spreading. Many of those interviewed were not authorized to discuss strategy publicly.
Their proposed solution? Persuading so-called “mainstream Republicans” through newspaper editorials and congressional allies.
“The battle now is to play this even to make sure that thoughts don’t start to creep into more mainstream” audiences, said a former Obama official. The goal is to sway Republicans who might be influenced by establishment media and lawmakers dismissing the allegations as “beyond the pale.”
But will this approach work? Most conservatives, including moderates, are unlikely to take cues from outlets like The Washington Post or RINO politicians.
Former Obama aide Ned Price tested this strategy with an op-ed in Fox News titled “Americans should beware of Gabbard’s ‘dangerous distraction’ with revisionist history of 2016 election.”
Unsurprisingly, the effort backfired—the scandal only intensified.
