Stephen Miller Deems Russiagate A Coup Against Trump: ‘One Egregious Felony After Another’
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller declared Sunday that the years-long Russia collusion narrative was not only a political smear—but “literally” a criminal conspiracy to overthrow President Donald Trump. Calling it “one egregious felony after another,” Miller said the scandal meets the legal definition of a coup against the U.S. government.
Speaking on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures, Miller tore into the intelligence and law enforcement apparatus that drove the Trump-Russia collusion narrative, citing newly declassified documents and conclusions from former Special Counsel John Durham. “The Russia collusion hoax against President Trump remains the single greatest hoax and the greatest assault on our democracy in the history of this country,” Miller said. “It was a coup. And I’m using that term literally.”
He argued that the fabricated allegations, fed in part by Hillary Clinton’s campaign and dismissed intelligence, meet the threshold for conspiracy under federal law. “It meets the criminal elements of a conspiracy against the government and the criminal elements of a conspiracy to deprive citizens of their civil rights under color of law,” he said.
“The Russia collusion hoax against President Trump remains the single greatest hoax and the greatest assault on our democracy in the history of this country,” says @StephenM.
“It was a coup, and I’m using that term literally … One egregious felony after another.” pic.twitter.com/Y88hXagAYK
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 3, 2025
Durham’s investigation concluded last year that the FBI initiated the Trump-Russia probe without sufficient evidence and appeared to ignore intelligence suggesting the Clinton campaign may have played a role in generating the collusion narrative to distract from her private email scandal. Declassified notes further indicate that then-CIA Director John Brennan briefed President Obama on Clinton’s alleged approval of the plan.
While former intelligence officials like John Brennan and James Clapper have continued to defend the original probe, claiming Durham found “no conspiracy,” Miller dismissed their denials as part of the same political operation that falsely portrayed Trump as a Kremlin asset. “This new information eliminates any scintilla of doubt about the intention, the premeditation, the planning and orchestration of this conspiracy,” Miller said.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has reportedly launched a new “strike force” to investigate the mounting evidence against senior Obama-era officials, including allegations that intelligence was fabricated or manipulated to support the narrative. Bondi’s initiative follows growing public pressure for accountability as more documentation is released detailing the origins and misconduct surrounding the probe.
Miller agreed with former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, who argued that the statute of limitations may not protect key players from legal consequences due to what he described as the ongoing nature of the conspiracy.
“The entire security apparatus of this country was focused on a hoax,” Miller said. “And if we don’t punish that—if we don’t send a message that fabricating intelligence to target a sitting president is a crime with real penalties—it will keep happening.”
He warned that allowing deep state operatives to escape prosecution would embolden future abuse of power. “We will continue to have a country that is sabotaged endlessly by the production of fake documents, fake material, fake plots against democratically elected officials. We can’t have that. There must be consequences.”
As Attorney General Bondi’s team begins reviewing evidence and potential charges, the political and legal reckoning over Russiagate appears far from over. With Miller and others in Trump’s inner circle now publicly framing the scandal as an active criminal conspiracy, the pressure is building for prosecutions to follow.