As Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard dropped a political bombshell this week—formally referring top Obama-era intelligence officials for criminal investigation over their alleged roles in manufacturing the now-debunked Russiagate narrative—there’s been no shortage of names in the documents. But there has been a stunning shortage of responses from the people accused.
James Comey? Declined to comment.
John Brennan and James Clapper? “Did not immediately respond to requests for comment,” according to Fox News Digital and Politico—a phrase that’s now appearing like clockwork in the absence of any rebuttals.
Obama: “No one, especially the president, is above the law!”
I couldn’t agree more.
Arrest this traitorous fraud. pic.twitter.com/Cfo5YmI7x9
— Larry Alex Taunton (@LarryTaunton) July 20, 2025
The newly declassified files, handed over to the Justice Department Monday, implicate a staggering array of high-level officials: former President Barack Obama, former CIA Director John Brennan, former DNI James Clapper, former National Security Advisor Susan Rice, former Secretary of State John Kerry, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, among others.
The referral, which the DOJ confirmed receiving, points to deliberate political orchestration inside the highest levels of government—a calculated effort to delegitimize President Donald Trump before he even took office. And yet, the architects of the scheme are nowhere to be found.
Comey, once all too eager to pontificate on morality and “higher loyalty,” now appears to have no loyalty to transparency. Brennan, who never met a left-leaning camera he didn’t love, has gone radio silent. Clapper and Rice—likewise MIA.
Hey everybody, watch James Comey lie under oath in 2017 about the seriousness of “Russian election interference.”
The memo that DNI Gabbard released proves clearly that Comey was lying during this testimony. He needs to be held accountable for the damage he did to this country. pic.twitter.com/rowA74bs4C
— MAZE (@mazemoore) July 19, 2025
It’s telling. These officials once flooded cable news studios and talk circuits with dire warnings about Trump’s alleged ties to Moscow. Now that their names are in a criminal referral accusing them of weaponizing intelligence to fabricate the entire premise? Not a word.
Even former President Obama, whose name now appears alongside these intelligence leaders in official documents tied to the scheme, has yet to offer any public response. No statement. No clarification. No denial. Just… silence.
.@DNIGabbard has exposed the startling depths of a seditious coup against the Republic. The forces behind this coup have done and will do anything to protect their grasp on illegal & illegitimate power. Do not underestimate their capabilities or depravities. But WE are stronger. https://t.co/itPrDzyzkp
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) July 19, 2025
Gabbard, meanwhile, has continued her push for full transparency—releasing another cache of previously classified files this week related to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Her office shows no signs of slowing down. The reckoning is not only coming—it’s accelerating.
So, where are the defenders of the intelligence establishment now? Hiding behind silence? Waiting for the greenroom lights at MSNBC? Or just hoping the story dies before it catches fire?
