Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed a prosecutor to convene a grand jury following criminal referrals targeting former President Barack Obama and his administration officials over their role in the Russia investigation.
Fox News first reported that Bondi signed the order on Monday, marking a significant escalation in the Trump administration’s pursuit of accountability regarding the origins of the Russia probe.
The grand jury directive comes after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard submitted criminal referrals to the Justice Department last month.
These referrals target Obama and several key officials from his administration.
Among those named in the criminal referrals are former Intelligence Chief James Clapper and former CIA Director John Brennan.
Gabbard presented evidence alleging these officials engaged in illegal conspiracy activities.
The evidence suggests Obama and his team conspired in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election to create connections between Donald Trump and Russia.
This alleged conspiracy occurred during the critical months before Americans cast their votes.
Some observers have suggested Gabbard’s document release last month served as a distraction from the Jeffrey Epstein files review controversy.
The botched handling of those files has generated calls for Bondi’s resignation and left the Department of Justice facing significant criticism.
FBI Director Kash Patel made a crucial discovery that supports the administration’s case.
Patel found a collection of bags containing damaging documents in a secret room at the FBI headquarters, Resist the Mainstream previously reported.
These documents were reportedly scheduled for destruction but were preserved due to what appears to have been an oversight.
The materials contain evidence related to the Russia investigation that officials apparently intended to eliminate from the record.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) published the discovered documents after they were turned over to his office. Grassley chairs the Judiciary Committee and has been investigating these matters.
The documents include the classified annex to former Special Counsel John Durham’s final report. Durham’s investigation examined the origins of the FBI’s probe into Trump’s 2016 campaign and potential Russian connections.
Durham concluded in his investigation that the FBI lacked sufficient evidence to launch their investigation into Trump’s campaign at the time they initiated it.
His findings have become central to the current criminal referrals.
A source familiar with Bondi’s action told the Daily Mail that the criminal referrals likely focus on John Brennan and James Comey.
These former officials played key roles in the original Russia investigation.
The same source indicated that Bondi’s move represents a major step toward actually filing criminal charges against Obama and his former administration officials.
This marks the most serious legal threat these officials have faced.
A person knowledgeable about Patel’s discovery suggested to the outlet that previous FBI directors likely overlooked the documents during routine destruction procedures.
The source emphasized that the FBI’s current diligent review of all materials led to this significant discovery. Without this thoroughness, the documents would never have come to light.
Former Obama intelligence officials John Brennan and James Clapper defended their actions in a New York Times opinion piece last week.
They disputed claims about politicization within the Obama administration’s intelligence operations.
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