Trump's CIA director hints at indicting top Obama officials

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe suggested on Sunday that former intelligence officials who “conspired” against President Donald Trump in 2016 under former President Barack Obama’s administration could face accountability, such as indictments, in the future.

During an interview on “Sunday Morning Futures With Maria Bartiromo,” Fox News host Maria Bartiromo asked Ratcliffe if there would be indictments, potential prosecutions, or other forms of accountability for the individuals Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has accused of engaging in a “conspiracy” to falsely suggest that Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 presidential election.

In response, Ratcliff said, “That’s why I’ve made the referrals that I have. DNI Gabbard has made referrals. And why we’re going to continue to share the intelligence that would support the ability of our Department of Justice to bring fair and just claims against those who have perpetrated this hoax against the American people and this stain on our country.”

The CIA director explained that under the Trump administration, there is a “different Department of Justice, a different FBI, and an opportunity to look at how these people really did conspire to run a hoax, a fraud on the American people and against Donald Trump’s presidency.” Ratcliffe also emphasized that the investigation into the conspiracy against Trump needs to show how the individuals who plotted against Trump engaged in the conspiracy.

“And I think that’s why you see the left losing their minds over this, Maria, saying, ‘Why are you spending time? This is vindictive. You’re going back. This is Donald Trump, you know, seeking retribution.’ It’s not,” Ratcliffe told Bartiromo. “Donald Trump’s election by the American people was a statement, Maria. They said to everyone, ‘We know what you did to Donald Trump, and we reelected him because we know this was all fake.’”

“We know it was a hoax. Now we want to understand how you did it so that it can’t happen again,” Ratcliffe added. “And that’s what this declassification process that we’re undergoing right now, what’s going on, why it’s so important, and why there can be accountability and preventability to prevent these same people that did it in 2016 with the Steele dossier, with the Hunter Biden laptop in 2020 from doing it again in the future.”