In a powerful interview on Fox News’ Sunday Night in America, former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe pulled back the curtain on what he called the “worst political scandal in American history.” And at the center of it all? Hillary Clinton and her 2016 campaign — backed by radical billionaire George Soros and protected by a complicit intelligence community.
Speaking with Trey Gowdy on August 3, Ratcliffe unpacked newly declassified details from the Durham Report’s annex, revealing that the infamous Russia Collusion hoax wasn’t just a misguided investigation — it was a coordinated political hit job orchestrated by the Clinton campaign to frame Donald Trump as a Russian asset.
That’s right: while the media and Democrats spent years screaming “collusion,” Clinton’s own team was behind the entire narrative — and the FBI knew it.
“There was intelligence from foreign intelligence services that one U.S. presidential candidate — Hillary Clinton — was trying to frame another candidate — Donald Trump — for treason,” Ratcliffe said. “That intelligence was never shared with members of the congressional oversight committees. It was buried.”
Ratcliffe emphasized the only reason this damning information came to light was because he declassified notes from then-CIA Director John Brennan, which were later incorporated into the Durham investigation.
The annex revealed shocking new details: not only was the Clinton campaign responsible for launching the Russia collusion lie, but they worked hand-in-hand with organizations like the Soros-funded Open Society Foundation, with the FBI playing the willing accomplice.
“On July 31, 2016, the FBI opened a criminal investigation into Donald Trump — a sitting presidential candidate — something that had never been done before,” Ratcliffe explained. “But six days earlier, Russian intelligence predicted this exact move. Why? Because they knew Hillary had a plan and that the FBI would help ignite the firestorm.”
What followed was a three-year media circus that devastated trust in our institutions — all built on a lie.
Even more damning: under oath, Hillary Clinton’s own campaign manager later confirmed that she approved the plan to smear Trump with the Russia narrative.
And who was in the room when these revelations came to light? According to Ratcliffe, Brennan briefed President Obama, Vice President Biden, James Clapper, James Comey, and Susan Rice — all of whom were aware that Clinton was driving the disinformation campaign.
Despite the CIA referring the matter to the FBI for a counterintelligence investigation, the bureau chose to do nothing. No file. No analyst. No follow-up. Just silence — and a coordinated effort to prop up the now-discredited Steele dossier while suppressing the truth.
“They didn’t investigate at all,” Ratcliffe said bluntly. “They just spent the next few years amplifying the lie and burying the truth. It is the greatest political scandal — hopefully the last we’ll see in our lifetime.”
Let’s be clear: This wasn’t just dirty politics. This was a coordinated abuse of power at the highest levels of government to interfere with an election, weaponize the intelligence community, and deceive the American public.
And now, thanks to the declassification of the Durham annex, we have the receipts.
