[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Curious Mr. Fox [@CuriousMrFox101](/creator/twitter/CuriousMrFox101) on x XXX followers Created: 2025-07-27 00:10:44 UTC 📌 How Things Work: Gabbard vs. Obama 🗞️ What’s Being Claimed: Tulsi Gabbard is now claiming that the Russia investigation in 2016 was a fake scandal, created by President Obama and U.S. intelligence agencies to sabotage Donald Trump’s campaign. She’s using a mix of declassified documents—like the DIG Russia Hoax Memo, the Durham Report, and the HPSCI Report—to argue there was a conspiracy. It’s a big accusation. But it’s not true. 🔍 What Actually Happened: In 2016, Hillary Clinton’s campaign paid a law firm to conduct opposition research on Donald Trump. That’s normal. Both major parties do it. The firm hired Fusion GPS, which brought on a former British intelligence officer, Christopher Steele. He compiled the now-infamous Steele Dossier, full of rumors and unverified claims about Trump. Some of it was wrong, and the FBI never fully verified it. Later, the FBI used parts of the dossier in surveillance requests. That was a serious mistake—but it’s not what triggered the investigation. 🕵️ Why the FBI Investigated: The real reason the FBI opened the case—codenamed Crossfire Hurricane—was because one of Trump’s foreign policy advisers, George Papadopoulos, told an Australian diplomat that Russia had damaging information about Hillary Clinton. This happened just after Russian hackers leaked DNC emails through WikiLeaks. U.S. officials had reason to believe a foreign power was interfering in the election. That’s why they opened an investigation. And let’s be clear: President Obama did not order this. Neither did Joe Biden. The FBI acted on its own. That’s been confirmed by multiple investigations, including Special Counsel John Durham’s own report. 🧾 What the Official Reports Say: Durham criticized the FBI for being too quick to investigate and too slow to verify what it was seeing—especially when it came to the Steele Dossier. But he also made it clear: there was no evidence that Obama, Biden, or any political figure ordered a false investigation. The Department of Justice Inspector General said the same. And the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee—chaired by Republicans at the time—concluded that Russia did interfere in the election to help Trump and that the intelligence community’s assessments were not politically motivated. ⚠️ What Gabbard Is Doing: Tulsi Gabbard is taking real documents from that era and twisting them. She cherry-picks quotes, removes key context, and builds a story that suggests a secret plot. But the documents don’t actually say what she’s claiming. She’s stringing together disconnected facts to make it sound like something sinister happened. It didn’t. 🧠Why It Matters: This kind of narrative confuses people. It takes pieces of the truth—like FBI errors—and mixes them with fiction to stir outrage. The goal isn’t to reveal new facts. It’s to rewrite history, cast doubt on institutions, and distract from more urgent issues happening now. Let’s be clear: this is not whistleblowing. It’s not exposing corruption. It’s weaponizing confusion to mislead the public. That’s not truth. That’s gaslighting. 🚫 #misinformation #disinformation #fakenews #factcheck #truth #election #propaganda #democracy #resist XXX engagements  **Related Topics** [trumps](/topic/trumps) [donald trumps](/topic/donald-trumps) [agencies](/topic/agencies) [russia](/topic/russia) [tulsi](/topic/tulsi) [gabbard](/topic/gabbard) [Post Link](https://x.com/CuriousMrFox101/status/1949261134428844397)
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🗞️ What’s Being Claimed: Tulsi Gabbard is now claiming that the Russia investigation in 2016 was a fake scandal, created by President Obama and U.S. intelligence agencies to sabotage Donald Trump’s campaign. She’s using a mix of declassified documents—like the DIG Russia Hoax Memo, the Durham Report, and the HPSCI Report—to argue there was a conspiracy. It’s a big accusation. But it’s not true.
🔍 What Actually Happened: In 2016, Hillary Clinton’s campaign paid a law firm to conduct opposition research on Donald Trump. That’s normal. Both major parties do it. The firm hired Fusion GPS, which brought on a former British intelligence officer, Christopher Steele. He compiled the now-infamous Steele Dossier, full of rumors and unverified claims about Trump. Some of it was wrong, and the FBI never fully verified it. Later, the FBI used parts of the dossier in surveillance requests. That was a serious mistake—but it’s not what triggered the investigation.
🕵️ Why the FBI Investigated: The real reason the FBI opened the case—codenamed Crossfire Hurricane—was because one of Trump’s foreign policy advisers, George Papadopoulos, told an Australian diplomat that Russia had damaging information about Hillary Clinton. This happened just after Russian hackers leaked DNC emails through WikiLeaks. U.S. officials had reason to believe a foreign power was interfering in the election. That’s why they opened an investigation.
And let’s be clear: President Obama did not order this. Neither did Joe Biden. The FBI acted on its own. That’s been confirmed by multiple investigations, including Special Counsel John Durham’s own report.
🧾 What the Official Reports Say: Durham criticized the FBI for being too quick to investigate and too slow to verify what it was seeing—especially when it came to the Steele Dossier. But he also made it clear: there was no evidence that Obama, Biden, or any political figure ordered a false investigation. The Department of Justice Inspector General said the same. And the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee—chaired by Republicans at the time—concluded that Russia did interfere in the election to help Trump and that the intelligence community’s assessments were not politically motivated.
⚠️ What Gabbard Is Doing: Tulsi Gabbard is taking real documents from that era and twisting them. She cherry-picks quotes, removes key context, and builds a story that suggests a secret plot. But the documents don’t actually say what she’s claiming. She’s stringing together disconnected facts to make it sound like something sinister happened. It didn’t.
🧠Why It Matters: This kind of narrative confuses people. It takes pieces of the truth—like FBI errors—and mixes them with fiction to stir outrage. The goal isn’t to reveal new facts. It’s to rewrite history, cast doubt on institutions, and distract from more urgent issues happening now.
Let’s be clear: this is not whistleblowing. It’s not exposing corruption. It’s weaponizing confusion to mislead the public.
That’s not truth. That’s gaslighting. 🚫
#misinformation #disinformation #fakenews #factcheck #truth #election #propaganda #democracy #resist
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