Vice President JD Vance is calling for heads to roll over the Russiagate fiasco. In a fiery interview, he accused Obama-era officials of peddling lies to sabotage Donald Trump’s 2016 victory, as the Daily Caller reports. The scandal, rooted in the discredited Steele Dossier, still stinks of political desperation.
Vance, speaking on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, didn’t mince words about the so-called Russia collusion narrative. The interview, aired Sunday, laid bare his belief that those behind the hoax broke laws and defrauded the public. It’s a bold claim, but the evidence is stacking up.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard dropped a bombshell on July 18, releasing documents exposing a “years-long coup” against Trump before and after the 2016 election. Her memo detailed how the Steele Dossier fueled a baseless witch hunt. The progressive agenda, it seems, thrives on fabricated outrage.
The Steele Dossier, crafted by former British spy Christopher Steele, was the left’s golden ticket to smear Trump. Used to justify surveillance warrants on Trump associates like Carter Page, it turned out to be a house of cards. Then-special counsel John Durham’s May 2023 report confirmed the FBI couldn’t verify a single claim.
Durham’s findings exposed the dossier as a political hit job, not intelligence. The FBI even offered Steele $1 million to back up his claims, but he came up empty-handed. That’s not espionage; it’s a taxpayer-funded fishing expedition.
Vance didn’t hold back, telling Bartiromo, “Absolutely, Maria,” when asked about indictments. He insisted the law must follow the facts, but the facts scream foul play. The Obama administration’s antics, he argued, turned Hillary Clinton’s campaign talking points into fake intelligence.
“What they basically did was they defrauded the American people,” Vance said. He claimed officials exaggerated pro-Hillary Clinton narratives while burying anything that contradicted them. It’s a textbook case of weaponizing intelligence for political gain.
The Democratic National Committee and Clinton’s campaign faced consequences in 2022. The Federal Election Commission fined them for their role in funding the dossier. Yet, the media lapped up the unproven claims like it was gospel.
CNN, MSNBC, and others ran wild with the dossier’s allegations of Russian interference. Their breathless coverage gave a veneer of legitimacy to what Vance calls a “sick and disgusting” scheme. The Fourth Estate became a fifth column for Clinton’s ambitions.
Vance hammered the intelligence community’s misuse, saying, “I don’t want them laundering Hillary Clinton’s campaign talking points.” He wants spies catching terrorists, not playing dirty politics. The damage to public trust is incalculable.
“They took anything that actually contradicted that narrative, and they buried it deep,” Vance charged. This wasn’t just sloppy work; it was deliberate deception. The American people deserve better from those sworn to protect them.
FBI analyst Brian Auten’s 2022 testimony revealed the agency’s desperation to prop up the dossier. Offering Steele a cool million to corroborate his claims was a gamble that failed spectacularly. It’s hard to see this as anything but a setup.
“I absolutely think they broke the law,” Vance declared, predicting indictments. He’s not wrong -- defrauding the public and misusing intelligence resources isn’t a minor oopsie. The question is who will face the music.
The Russia hoax didn’t just hurt Trump; it eroded faith in institutions. Vance’s call for accountability isn’t about revenge; it’s about restoring integrity. The progressive playbook of lies and leaks can’t go unchecked.
“We’ve got to have consequences for it,” Vance insisted, and he’s right. If laws were broken, justice must follow. Otherwise, the intelligence community risks becoming a political pawn for the next power-hungry campaign.
