There’s This: We Finally Know the Real Reason For the ‘Trump-Russia’ Hoax
It’s taken a bit of time but here we go: We finally know the real reason behind the deep state’s “Trump-Russia collusion” hoax, and it’s every bit as abysmal as you likely imagined.
First things first: The Russia hoax was always a political operation. We knew that. But now it’s on paper.
The White House Government Transparency Task Force released a newly declassified FBI document Tuesday morning — the Opening Electronic Communication for “Oxferd Comma,” the code name for the full criminal investigation the FBI opened against President Donald Trump on May 16, 2017, one week after Trump fired James Comey.
Read that again. The FBI opened a full criminal investigation against a sitting president specifically because he exercised his constitutional authority to fire the director of the FBI. Not because new evidence had emerged of Russian collusion. Not because a credible informant had produced actionable intelligence. But because Trump fired Comey — and the FBI decided that was suspicious enough to justify opening the most egregiously phony counterintelligence investigation in American history – and against a sitting president.
The document states the investigation was opened to determine “if President Trump is or was directed by, controlled by, and/or coordinated activities with, the Russian Federation in a manner constituting a threat to the national security of the United States.” The justification? Trump had asked Comey for personal loyalty. He had asked whether the investigation could be resolved. He had fired the director. The FBI read all of this as potential obstruction — and used that potential obstruction as the predicate to launch Crossfire Hurricane’s successor investigation against the sitting president.
This is the document that conservatives said existed. The one Democrats and the legacy media insisted didn’t exist, couldn’t exist, was a paranoid fantasy about a heroic FBI protecting the nation from a compromised president. It exists. It was filed one week after Comey was fired. And the predicate is exactly what critics always suspected: not evidence of Russian coordination, but retaliation against a president who had the audacity to fire the man running the bureau.
Former FBI Director and special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s subsequent investigation — two years, 500 witnesses, 40 FBI agents, 2,800 subpoenas, and $32 million — found no evidence that Trump or his campaign conspired or coordinated with Russia to influence the 2016 election. None. The investigation that the Oxferd Comma document launched produced nothing because there was nothing to find. There never was.
What there was: an FBI that decided the president was a threat because he fired its director, launched a full criminal investigation on that basis, appointed a special counsel who spent two years tearing the country apart, and handed Democrats the narrative they used to delegitimize the Trump presidency from day one.
The CIA had burn bags. The FBI opened Oxferd Comma. The intelligence community hid evidence of Chinese election interference. And through all of it, every American who called it a witch hunt was told they were a conspiracy theorist.
The document is public. Read it. Share it. And remember every reporter, every anchor, and every Democrat who spent five years telling you this wasn’t happening.
It was happening. Now you can read the paperwork.
BREAKING: Dolly Parton’s Cause Of Death Revealed: ‘Brief Battle’
Dolly Parton’s death came after a brief battle with cancer, her representatives revealed Tuesday.
The country music legend died Aug. 25 at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville. She was 80.
Parton had been admitted to the cancer center Friday, four days before her death. Her representatives confirmed the cancer diagnosis in a statement to PEOPLE but did not disclose what type she had.
“Our beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched. Her unmatched generosity reached the lives of countless people whom she would never meet, yet she was always there to offer a helping hand,” the statement read.
“Whether it be the hundreds of millions of books donated through her invaluable Imagination Library or funding research that helped create a lifesaving vaccine used around the world, Dolly’s unconditional love for all people was the guiding force for her lasting impact. After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones,” the statement concluded.
The “Jolene” singer had also been dealing with kidney and autoimmune issues before her death, PEOPLE previously reported.
Just days earlier, Dolly Parton opened up about her declining health and acknowledged that she had put off addressing some medical issues while caring for her husband, Carl.
“As I’ve shared in video messages throughout the past year, I am dealing with some health issues that I just didn’t pay attention to when I was watching over [my husband] Carl. You know, this isn’t the first time I’ve had to manage something like this. Back in the early ’80s, I was down for several months with female issues, and I was struggling with my weight at the time too, so it’s not like I haven’t been through hard times with my health,” Parton told PEOPLE.
Her nephew, Bryan Seaver, announced her death in an Instagram video Tuesday on behalf of the Parton and Owens family.
“My name is Bryan Seaver, son of Cassie Parton, and I’m representing the Parton and Owens family today announcing the passing of my aunt, Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean, Sister, Sis and Granny to one generation and Gigi to the next,” he says in the video.
Seaver, who served as Parton’s head of security for more than two decades, said she had asked him years earlier to deliver the announcement.
“This video announcement is something Dolly asked of me years ago, before I fully absorbed it as a future reality,” he continued. “As her head of security for more than two decades, a role my father Larry held before me, I have imagined the heaviness of this moment but haven’t truly felt it until now.”
Seaver said the moment brought immense pride and heartbreak, but he took comfort in his faith that Parton had been reunited with Carl and other loved ones.
Seaver added: “It is an honor, an honor that is mixed with absolute pride and great sadness. But sadness lies with us, not with Dolly. Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus, surely met by Carl, her parents and countless othe
Shocking 'truth' behind Prince Harry's decision to quit major role
Prince Harry should have "resigned in disgrace" from the board of a controversial African wildlife charity, a commentator says. James Walker makes the bombshell remark in Wednesday's episode of this publication's podcast, Daily Expresso.
He and the show's host, JJ Anisiobi, delve into the Duke of Sussex's dramatic decision to step down from African Parks. James, commenting on the controversy, said: "When you hear about this stuff and how long it's been going on for, you should be resigning in disgrace. [Harry] should be saying: 'I'm not touching that with a barge pole. That is a failed entity. We're going nowhere near it'.
"But no. He's still saying he's going to 'support their mission'. And again this Caroline Pearce, executive director of Survival International, goes on to say: 'His departure doesn't undo that record'.
"She alleged that African Parks was aware of the abuses for years, but it was only after Survival complained to Harry that the charity finally commissioned an investigation."
James added: "Well, she's got a point."
It emerged on Monday (August 24) that Harry was no longer a board member of the wildlife charity.
The conservation organisation has admitted that human rights abuses were committed by its rangers against members of the semi-nomadic Baka group in Congo-Brazzaville.
African Parks has said since that it has improved its safeguarding processes both in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park and institutionally.
Its admission followed an independent human rights investigation into allegations guards managed and paid by the charity had beaten, raped and tortured indigenous people in Odzala-Kokoua National Park.
Harry was president of the charity for six years before he became a member of its board of directors in 2023.
A spokesman for the Duke said he remains an active and avid supporter of African Parks. He added: "The Duke is proud of his 10 years with African Parks and fully supports the ongoing strengthening of its board.
"His commitment to conservation in Africa continues and he remains a supporter of African Parks’ mission."
Human rights organisation, Survival International, said it had been calling on Harry to step down from African Parks for years.
The group's director, Caroline Pearce, said in a statement: "It’s outrageous that for 10 years Prince Harry has served African Parks while the organisation has been responsible for abuse and violence against Indigenous people.
"His departure doesn't undo that record — African Parks itself must now be held accountable, and must abandon this model of fortress conservation for good."
Survival International said indigenous peoples know how best to manage their land and the idea outsiders know better is racist and colonial.
