JD Vance: ‘Going To See A Lot Of People Get Indicted’ Over Russiagate
Vice President JD Vance remarked that numerous individuals are likely to face indictment due to the actions taken during the Obama administration in relation to the Russiagate controversy.
In an interview on Fox News Sunday, Vance refrained from disclosing specific names of those he believes will be charged; however, he referenced recent revelations from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard as definitive proof of an “aggressive violation of the law” concerning Russiagate.
“In the meantime, we are still awaiting an account regarding the entire Russia collusion narrative, which has been fabricated. Now that DNI Tulsi Gabbard has made public all those classified documents, we are beginning to understand who orchestrated this. Are you interested in seeing indictments?” host Maria Bartiromo inquired.
“I certainly wish to see indictments, Maria. It is essential that the law adheres to the facts in this situation. Indictments should not be issued arbitrarily; they should occur when individuals have violated the law. However, considering what Tulsi and Kash Patel have disclosed in recent weeks, it is difficult to argue that there were not significant violations of the law,” Vance stated.
“Essentially, they deceived the American populace to transform Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign talking points into intelligence by misleading the American people, deceiving the intelligence agencies, and misrepresenting the content of the intelligence,” he further explained.
Vance elaborated, “They would take information that supported a talking point from Hillary Clinton’s campaign and amplify it, while downplaying any evidence that contradicted that narrative. They effectively buried anything that opposed that storyline. In doing so, they laundered Hillary Clinton’s campaign messages through the American intelligence services. This constitutes a breach of public trust and a violation of the expected conduct of our intelligence agencies, and I firmly believe they have broken the law. You will see…
Last month, Gabbard initiated the release of documents pertaining to the investigation conducted by the Obama administration regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Included in these releases was the declassification of a report from the 2020 House Intelligence Committee, which was authored by Republicans and concluded that there was inadequate evidence to support the claim that Russia had backed President Trump in 2016.
Gabbard also disclosed documents that demonstrate that senior intelligence officials possess evidence indicating that Russia did not compromise the 2016 voting systems in a manner that would allow them to affect the election results.
Vance stated, “What they essentially did was deceive the American public to transform Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign talking points into intelligence,” accusing the intelligence community from the Obama administration of “misrepresenting the intelligence findings.”
In response to Gabbard’s disclosures, the Justice Department established a “strike force” to examine whether any criminal violations occurred based on the findings.
Last week, US Attorney General Pam Bondi sought to assemble a grand jury to investigate officials from the Obama administration. Grand juries are responsible for determining whether to issue indictments.
Former CIA Director John Brennan and former DNI James Clapper have countered Gabbard’s claims, referencing a bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report from 2020 that indicated the panel “consistently heard that analysts were not subjected to politically motivated pressure to arrive at specific conclusions.”
Clapper and Brennan also published an op-ed asserting that the 2017 Intelligence Community assessment, which triggered Gabbard’s indignation, did not mention any “collusion” between Trump and other parties.
A representative for former President Barack Obama released an unusual statement rejecting Gabbard’s claims.
“The strange allegations are absurd and represent a feeble effort at diversion,” stated spokesperson Patrick Rodenbush last month. “Nothing in the document released last week undermines the broadly accepted conclusion that Russia sought to influence the 2016 presidential election but did not effectively alter any votes.”