Victor Davis Hanson: Obama Faked Trump-Russia Narrative and Almost Got Away With It

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🗓️ 22 July 2025

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard revealed documents this week that could upend the entire narrative of the so-called “Russian Collusion” scandal: New intelligence originally sourced from Dutch agencies shows U.S. officials knew there was no evidence of collusion between Donald Trump and Russia as early as 2016. Why did Obama-era intelligence leaders like John Brennan, James Clapper, and possibly James Comey continue pushing the hoax? And did President Barack Obama himself ignore briefings that contradicted the false narrative? Victor Davis Hanson breaks it all down on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “ Now, what's Tulsi Gabbard upset about? That was known to John Brennan. That was known to James Clapper. That was probably known to the FBI. But they have notes, they have information that when they prepared this digest daily, weekly digest of intelligence updates to lame-duck Barack Obama in 2016 and into 2017, he ignored it. He did not want to hear that. He wanted more information pertaining to Donald Trump and the Russians colluding. It was almost like, you find me the crime and I'll give you the criminal. “ Is it serious? If it's credible, then you have a conspiracy of the top people in the United States intelligence and investigative communities conspiring with a sitting president of the United States to destroy the administration of his opponent, successor, Donald J. Trump.” 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 👉If you can’t get enough of Victor Davis Hanson from The Daily Signal, subscribe to his official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273 👉He’s also the host of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” available wherever you prefer to watch or listen. Links to the show and exclusive content are available on his website: https://victorhanson.com (0:00) Tulsi Gabbard's Discovery on Russian Collusion (1:01) Background on Russian Collusion Allegations (1:55) Dutch Intelligence and the Steele Dossier (3:00) The Role of U.S. Intelligence Agencies (4:06) Obama's Involvement and Aftermath (5:14) Impact on Trump Administration (6:52) Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.1	Tulsi Gabbard, made a discovery that are pertinent to the so-called Russian collusion hoax.
0:39.3	The intelligence agencies, one of these 18 or all of them, or some of them, knew from information
0:44.3	from the Dutch that there was no Russian collusion.
0:47.3	That was known to John Brennan.
0:49.3	That was known to James Clapper.
0:51.3	That was probably known to the FBI.
0:53.3	But they have notes. They have information
0:55.6	that when they prepared this daily, weekly digest of intelligence updates to Barack Obama
1:01.9	in 2016 and the end of 2017, he ignored it. He did not want to hear that. It was almost
1:08.4	like, you find me the crime and I'll give you the
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