In a striking and combative interview aired on August 1, US President Donald Trump accused his predecessor Barack Obama of being the “mastermind” behind the now-discredited Russiagate investigation, calling it “the biggest scandal in American history.” The remarks, made on Newsmax with host Rob Finnerty, came in response to recently declassified materials tied to Special Counsel John Durham’s 2023 report, which alleged a coordinated effort by top Democratic figures to fabricate links between Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Russian government.

The interview marks a significant escalation in Trump’s rhetoric, moving beyond his long-standing accusations against Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee to directly implicate Obama as an architect of the plot.

“We have it cold,” Trump told Finnerty, referring to the declassified annex released by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). “You could almost say that [Obama] was more of the mastermind. He heard what she was doing, and then he approved it – and not only approved it, he pushed it.”

Trump cited written documentation outlined in Durham’s supplemental findings, claiming it proves that Obama was not just aware of Clinton’s plan to fabricate allegations of Trump-Russia collusion, but that he also encouraged the effort. According to the former president, these findings confirm that the scandal was not the product of isolated partisan maneuvering, but of high-level coordination within the Obama administration.

The documents, declassified this week by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, point to a Clinton campaign........

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