Bondi Orders Grand Jury Probe Into Obama Russiagate Controversy
Attorney General Pam Bondi has officially ordered a federal grand jury investigation into allegations that former President Barack Obama and senior members of his administration manufactured intelligence to falsely link Donald Trump to Russia during the 2016 presidential election. The directive marks a dramatic escalation in what could become the most significant criminal probe yet into the origins of the Russiagate scandal.
Fox News reported Monday that Bondi signed a one-page order authorizing an unnamed federal prosecutor to present evidence to a grand jury, following a criminal referral from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. A DOJ spokesperson told the outlet that Bondi is taking the matter “very seriously” and believes there is “clear cause for deep concern.”
?BREAKING NEWS: @AGPamBondi signed an order directing a GRAND JURY to investigate an “alleged conspiracy” in the Russian Collusion Hoax saga.
Here we go. pic.twitter.com/TdXmTFAAhP
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 4, 2025
Although the Justice Department declined to comment further when contacted by The Daily Wire, sources say Bondi’s move builds upon the strike force she previously assembled to evaluate publicly disclosed documents tied to Crossfire Hurricane, the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment, and the conduct of Obama-era officials.
While specific names in the referral remain under wraps, scrutiny has consistently centered on Barack Obama, former FBI Director James Comey, former CIA Director John Brennan, and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. All have faced renewed criticism from Trump and Gabbard for their roles in crafting the intelligence narratives used to justify investigations into the Trump campaign.
“There’s no question in my mind that this intelligence community assessment that President Obama ordered be published… contained a manufactured intelligence document,” Gabbard told Sunday Morning Futures host Maria Bartiromo last month. “It was manufactured intelligence that sought to achieve President Obama and his team’s objective, which was undermining President Trump’s presidency and subverting the will of the American people.”
Although no indictments have been filed as of Monday afternoon, the launch of a grand jury suggests that prosecutors are now testing the strength of evidence that could lead to criminal charges. The DOJ has not disclosed the jurisdiction of the grand jury, nor the names of any individuals who may be called to testify, citing the ongoing nature of the proceedings.
The investigation follows mounting revelations that the Clinton campaign may have approved the promotion of the Russia collusion narrative to distract from her private email scandal. Declassified records also reveal that the FBI, under Obama’s leadership, disregarded intelligence indicating that elements of the Trump-Russia conspiracy theory may have been fueled by Clinton allies or Russian disinformation itself.
While defenders of the Obama administration, including Brennan and Clapper, continue to deny any wrongdoing, their credibility has eroded in the wake of the Durham report, which concluded that the FBI launched Crossfire Hurricane without proper justification and repeatedly failed to follow its own protocols.
In a defiant op-ed published in The New York Times, Brennan and Clapper claimed Durham “found no conspiracy,” and insisted the Mueller investigation confirmed Russian interference in the election. But critics say this is a deflection—shifting the focus away from whether that interference was deliberately exaggerated or manipulated to target Trump.
Obama himself has dismissed the investigation as a “bizarre distraction,” with his spokesperson calling the allegations “ridiculous.” But that rhetoric may not hold as the grand jury quietly begins its work.
Attorney General Bondi’s decision now sets the stage for a legal showdown that could upend long-standing narratives about the Trump-Russia scandal. If the evidence proves that U.S. intelligence agencies were weaponized to fabricate a conspiracy against a sitting president-elect, the implications would stretch far beyond politics—it would be a criminal abuse of power at the highest levels of government.
The question now is simple: Was Russiagate a political smear gone too far—or a full-fledged criminal conspiracy? The grand jury may soon provide the answer.