Trump declassifies files on Russian collusion hoax

 DC Daily Journal:

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President Trump took a decisive swing on Tuesday, signing an order to declassify all FBI files tied to Crossfire Hurricane—the clandestine 2016 probe that hunted for ties between his campaign and Russia but came up empty.

The move, unveiled amid a flurry of executive actions, cracks open a chapter that shadowed his first term, promising to lay bare what his team calls a glaring misuse of federal power.

Standing beside him, White House staff secretary Will Scharf handed over the memorandum with a clear pitch: “We believe that it’s long past time for the American people to have a full and complete understanding of exactly what is in those files.”

Trump’s legal crew has long framed the investigation as a textbook case of law enforcement overreach, and this order doubles down on a campaign vow to shine a light on government weaponization—and shut it down.

The declassification wasn’t the only jab Trump landed. He also inked an executive order zeroing in on Jenner & Block, a law firm that once employed Andrew Weissmann—a former top deputy to Robert Mueller, whose two-year investigation into Trump-Russia links found no collusion.

The order yanks security clearances, bars the firm from government contracts, and restricts access to federal buildings. Scharf didn’t mince words, accusing the firm of “weaponization of the legal system against American principles and values.” Trump, meanwhile, branded Weissmann “a bad guy,” tying the firm to a narrative of bias that’s dogged him since day one.

Crossfire Hurricane, kicked off in July 2016 under Obama-era FBI Director James Comey, set the stage for Mueller’s sprawling probe. It morphed into a saga of secret surveillance and a dodgy spy warrant, fueled by the infamous Steele dossier—bankrolled by Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

That dossier, packed with unverified claims like Trump’s alleged Moscow hotel antics, became the shaky backbone for a warrant targeting campaign aide Carter Page. Another staffer, George Papadopoulos, faced accusations of receiving Russian dirt on Clinton, though no solid proof ever surfaced.
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It has long been my position that the Russian collusion hoax was one of the biggest political frauds in US history.  There was literally no basis for the allegations which were meant to harm Trump politically.  While I have been a Trump supporter for some time, it is my position that politics should be about real issues and not the pushing of fraudulent claims. The Clinton campaign was fortunate that there were not cases brought against it for pushing the baseless charges.

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