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LAURA HOLLIS / GUEST COLUMNIST
No One Above Law in Russia Collusion Hoax
irector of national intelligence tulsi gab- bard has released hundreds of pages of previously classifi ed documents about the “Russia collusion hoax.”
These documents prove that allegations about then-can-
didate Donald Trump colluding with Russia to win the 2016 election were false, that everyone in the Obama administra- tion knew they were false, and that instructions to dissemi- nate those accusations anyway came from the very top — the Obama White House. None of this is a surprise to anyone who was paying attention. Former President Barack
Obama’s FBI presented informa- tion they knew was false to the For- eign Intelligence Surveillance court, thereby illegally obtaining warrants to spy on the 2016 Trump presiden- tial campaign. The FBI lied to the FISA court
and then to Congress about it. Former Secretary of State Hill-
rights and were paid $2 million in a settlement with the Jus- tice Department. Gabbard has also disclosed that the Russians had obtained
deeply damaging intelligence about Clinton in 2016, includ- ing information about her serious physical and mental health issues and her dependence upon tranquilizers. So, it was Clinton that Russia had kompromat on, not Trump. Russian President Vladimir Putin would have had lever-
The Russians had obtained deeply
ary Clinton’s fi ngerprints were all over these tactics, too. Her presiden- tial campaign paid for the infamous “dossier” of lurid lies about Trump that formed part of the basis for the surveillance warrants — not to men- tion the pervasive media campaign against Trump that was utterly baseless. Former FBI employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page were
damaging intelligence about Clinton in 2016, including information about her serious physical and mental
health issues and her dependence upon tranquilizers.
involved in the Russia collusion investigation and exchanged a series of emails that suggested that the FBI investigation was an “insurance policy” to prevent Trump from being elected president. That specious “investigation,” headed by former FBI head
Robert Mueller, produced no evidence that Trump colluded with Russia — because there was no evidence — and cost the American taxpayers $32 million. What happened to any of these bad actors? For all intents and purposes, nothing. The Democratic
National Committee and Clinton’s campaign paid fi nes of $105,000 and $8,000, respectively, for violating Fed- eral Election Commission rules by funneling “oppo research” monies through their law fi rm, Perkins Coie. The FBI received a stern rebuke from the FISA court and
promised to do better next time. Not only were Strzok and Page not criminally charged; they sued for violation of their
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age over a Clinton administration, not Trump’s. But not only did the Obama administration not disclose what they knew about Russian intelligence; they crafted a false narrative pro- jecting Hillary’s national security vul- nerability onto Trump — a web of lies that the media were only too happy to amplify. The information Gabbard has
released is damning. It provides evidence that a sitting president — Obama — was conspiring with the FBI and the CIA to try to take down a presidential candidate and then a president. All of that — not the fake pearl-
clutching the left has delighted in engaging in for the past 10 years since Trump appeared on the political stage — is the real threat to America’s repub- lican form of government.
Americans need to see justice done. Those in power who think that the rules don’t apply to
them, or to anyone they exempt in benefi cent (or lucrative) gestures of legal largesse, are operating under the mistaken impression that if they don’t impose consequences, there will be no consequences. They’re wrong. There are always consequences. If a large enough swath of the American public ceases to
believe in the rule of law and the impartiality of the Ameri- can system of justice, then other rules and other systems will eventually evolve to take their place. The continuity of the republic depends not upon protect-
ing famous and powerful people from the consequences of their unlawful actions but upon equal application of the laws to everyone — especially the famous, powerful, wealthy, and well-connected.
Laura Hollis is an attorney, university professor, and syndicated columnist.
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