FBI Buried Alleged Democrat Crimes to Pursue ‘Russiagate’: Documents

Newly declassified records from President Donald Trump’s intelligence agencies reveal how the infamous Russia collusion probe was launched and zealously pursued, even as politically explosive cases involving top Democrats were stonewalled, delayed, or buried altogether.

The documents paint a damning picture of what critics have long called a two-tiered system of justice. For nearly a decade, federal law enforcement deployed massive resources against Trump and his allies, while shielding Democrats from serious scrutiny — from Clinton Foundation corruption to classified leaks. The Washington Examiner reported.

“During the Biden administration, the Justice Department worked as his private attorneys,” Judicial Watch senior investigator Sean Dunagan told the outlet. “Even if one wants to avoid the phrase ‘deep state,’ there certainly is an administrative state, and the DOJ served to protect and ignore evidence and slow-walk investigations and close investigations into people who were close to that power establishment.

“It’s not how the DOJ is supposed to operate. It was highly selective in who they investigated and how,” Dunagan added.

Kyle Brosnan, chief counsel of the Oversight Project, said that bureaucratic inertia inside DOJ leadership during Trump’s first term enabled entrenched operatives to run wild.

“You didn’t have people with the strong backbone in political leadership at the Justice Department and intelligence community early on in Trump 1.0,” Brosnan noted. “I think you saw a paralysis… not willing to call a spade a spade for what was obviously weaponized or deep-state actors.”

Now, Attorney General Pam Bondi has vowed to restore integrity to the Justice Department. Working alongside FBI Director Kash Patel, DNI Tulsi Gabbard, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, her team has moved aggressively to declassify records exposing how the Russia hoax was weaponized while other Democratic scandals were swept aside.

Among the revelations:

• Rep. Adam Schiff’s leaks: FBI 302s reveal that as early as 2017, a Democratic whistleblower told agents Schiff directed staffers to leak damaging material about Trump and assured them he was untouchable. Despite corroboration from a GOP Intelligence Committee staffer, DOJ declined prosecution. Schiff has never faced accountability.
• The Michael Flynn leak: Classified transcripts of Flynn’s call with Russia’s ambassador were leaked after his identity was “unmasked” by more than 160 Obama-era officials — including Samantha Power, John Brennan, and James Comey. Despite the unprecedented scope of the unmasking, DOJ closed its probe in 2020, claiming it was impossible to identify the leaker. Flynn was prosecuted for “lying to the FBI,” only to be pardoned by Trump.
• The Clinton Foundation cover-up: By late 2015, multiple FBI field offices were probing whether Hillary Clinton sold State Department access to donors. By 2016, DOJ higher-ups consolidated the cases and then quietly shut them down. Even a taped witness statement was dismissed as “worthless hearsay.” Meanwhile, the FBI pressed ahead with the Russia investigation — on far weaker grounds. Special Counsel John Durham’s 2023 report confirmed the disparity.

Bondi and other senior officials argue these records prove a systemic bias that long corrupted federal law enforcement. Current Trump administration investigations are now examining whether the FBI and DOJ deliberately conspired against him dating back to 2016.

Some cases may face statute of limitations hurdles, but Dunagan emphasized that if prosecutors establish a years-long conspiracy, those limits would not apply.

The newly released files validate what conservatives have warned for years: Washington insiders built a shield around Democrats while waging lawfare against Trump — and only now is the truth being dragged into the light.