In Wake Of ‘Russiagate’ Revelations, Americans Are Demanding Indictments — Who Could Be First?
The Americans called on civil servants to face consequences after the declassification of July of documents concerning the role of the intelligence community (IC) in the false story that President Donald Trump collus with Russia in the 2016 elections, but the Trump administration could face legal obstacles.
A recent survey revealed that more than two -thirds of the Americans want someone held responsible for what is now considered to be “russiagate” – and with the claim of JD VANCE on Sunday that “many people [are going to] Being charged, ”people are curious to see who will be held responsible by the Grand Jury investigation.
The director of former president Barack Obama of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), James Comey, could be at the top of the list of potential accusation acts.
Comey directed the agency during the initiation and main phase of investigations on the alleged interference of Russia in the 2016 elections and to the accusations of potential links between members of the Trump and Kremlin campaign. (Related: Obama’s Head of Intel, James Clapper, said to Nsa Head to get on board with “ our story ” on Russiagate Intel)
Comey was directly involved in the survey. He told Congress that the FBI had not checked the Steele file now beginning before using it to obtain a mandate on foreign intelligence (FISA) on the former Trump campaign advisor Carter Page.
This FISA mandate has enabled the FBI to carry out surveillance activities on the page, and the Ministry of Justice (DOJ) finally judged that the last two FISA guidelines against page were not valid – including a Comey authorized in 2017.
In an interview in July with Laura Ingraham de Fox News, the law professor Jonathan Turley wondered if the remarks made by Comey and the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John Brennan, in their testimonies, were equivalent to a perjury.
Turley said that the two men are “sophisticated players” who are “very cautious in the way they say” their testimonies. They said that in their testimonies that there was no “malicious intention” in the inclusion of the Steele file in the assessment of the 2017 intelligence community (ICA), but that errors may have been made, Turley told Ingraham.
“Comey has depicted as ignorant of all these compensatory sources,” concluded Turley.
Brennan could find himself in the same boat as Comey, in particular given the accusations of denunciation alleging that Brennan played a key role by pushing the inclusion of the file in the ICA.
Washington, DC – January 10: FBI director, James Comey, National Intelligence Director James Clapper and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan (LR) testify to the Senate Committee (SELECT) in the Dirksen Senate Board on Capitol Hill on January 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. Intelligence leaders testified in the cyber-men’s committee against the United States and asked questions about the piracy of the Russian government on the 2016 presidential election (Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
Trump FBI launched a criminal investigation into Brennan and Comey in July, DOJ sources told Fox Digital. Two sources said to the point of sale that the FBI considered the interactions of Comey and Brennan as a “conspiracy”, but has not revealed specific details on what is studied.
Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton said on a daily basis in an interview that the investigation into a conspiracy could open the door to related crimes, including perjury and deprivation of civil rights under the color of the law.
Perjury is relatively easy to charge, but not necessarily easy to condemn, according to Fitton.
Even if civil servants are charged, there are still obstacles that must be authorized, namely the limitation period, Fitton told the appellant. The standard limitation period (or the maximum duration to start the legal process) is five years, but the start of Russian interference surveys was almost 10 years ago.
To get around the limitation period – what is necessary to transform the accusation acts into convictions – – the accusers must prove that the involved parties participated in a conspiracy, not only “a series of desperate acts which have no bond” potentially woven by the opposition party in the political animus, Fitton told the appellant.
Clapper, Comey and Brennan all lied to the congress to hide their role in the hoax of Russiagate. They abused their power and exploited the intelligence apparatus to undermine President Trump and America. But thanks to @Dnigabbard And @FbidirectorkashTheir plan and concealment failed. … pic.twitter.com/e9ny0fh7gd
– The Greg Steube Congress member (@repgregsteube) August 14, 2025
Brennan and the former National Intelligence Director (DNI) James Clapper wrote an editorial of July 30 in the New York Times (NYT) in order to set the record straight. They claimed that the Steele file was not used as a source or considered in the analysis or the conclusions of the ICA, recognizing that the file was largely discredited.
However, a press release published by Odni on the same day said that the accompanying files show that “clap and other senior officials from the Obama administration have denounced the Steele file, despite simultaneously that the January 2017 ICA included it.”
These documents, like some of the other recordings declassified by the CI, are based on the testimony of a single nameless denunciator – which could be difficult to demonstrate a malicious intention beyond reasonable doubt.
An anonymous career intelligence agent who worked with the Democrats of the House Intelligence Committee (HPSCI) told the FBI in 2017 that the representative of California at the time, Adam Schiff, would have approved classified information in order to include Trump, according to a memo published on Monday.
The office of the Schiff Senate previously declared to the appellant that the accusation was “without foundation [smear]And questioned the credibility of the denunciator.
Former FBI Special Agent, responsible, Jody Weis, told NBC 15 on Tuesday that the information leak was a crime.
“Information leak is a crime, without a doubt,” said Weis. “The leak of information with the intention of dirtying a president, with the intention perhaps to instill a president, who should terrify each American from this country, whatever the party.” (Report: report: The Pentagon revokes the security authorization of the cheerleader “Russia Hoax”)
When the accusation of the denunciator was initially brought to the DoJ, the officials would have rejected the allegation of the flight, claiming that “the members of the Congress have immunity to all the speeches and actions carried out on the prosecution of the House of American Representatives”, according to the FBI memos. The Doj referred to the discourse and debate clause of the Constitution.
Former intelligence officials are not the only ones to face indictment. The recently declassified documents of the Appendix of the Special Report of Special Advice by John Durham 2023 can open the door to criminal charges against the staff of the Clinton campaign and other people of the Obama administration.
The candidate for the Democratic President of the United States Hillary Clinton (R) and the American president Barack Obama cling to the crowd after a rally on the last night of the 2016 American presidential campaign at Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 07, 2016. (Photo credit should read Kena Betancur / AFP via Getty Images)
The information recently disclosed to the public suggested that former President Barack Obama planned to comfort the FBI survey on Hillary Clinton’s mismanagement of classified information and its use of a private messaging server. At the same time, the files revealed that the FBI had not investigated the information alleging that the Democratic Party planned to connect Trump to the “Russian mafia”.
But the challenges can still occur to obtain convictions, even if the analysts evaluated the declassified emails were authentic, according to documents.
The applicant must still overcome the limitation period and should show the courts, undoubtedly reasonable, the alleged actions of the defendant have respected the high legal standard for criminal intention. (Related: Kingpin of politics or desperate to remain relevant? Obama will call the rising socialist star)
As leader of a public interest group who is investigating and continued government corruption, Fitton has given advice on how Trump administration could overcome many of these obstacles, which could obtain accusation or even convictions.
Fitton told the appellant that by focusing their attention on accusations of criminal activity in 2016, the administration is missing the “low fruits” of more recent corruption targets.
When @Agpambondi Postter Garland for challenging the congress? Why only Bannon and Navarro go to prison, but Garland gets a free pass? pic.twitter.com/aeucatbbu8
– Tom Fitton (@Tomfitton) May 24, 2025
“Going to what happened in 2016 will be very complicated; going out what happened last year is easy,” Fitton told the appellant. “There is no limitation period, so you don’t have to weave in a large complaint for a conspiracy.”
Fitton gave examples of places where the administration should concentrate its attention, in particular the former general prosecutor (AG) Merrick Garland, an unprotected reference for the contempt and the Instagram post of Comey that Fitton affirmed “essentially threatened the life of the president”.
As for “Russiagate”, Fitton called Trump to “appoint a special lawyer who comes to him directly” to tackle the problem.
“The Ministry of Justice is compromised because they will have to investigate themselves in many of these questions, just like the FBI. He must therefore have someone who is free and clear of these bureaucracies, but with all the powers that come with the presidency and to continue business, and what is done through a special presidential council,” Fitton told the appellant.
“Due to the actors of the deep state that still float … There must be a more direct presidential intervention,” he added.
