Obama, Epstein, and the Russia Hoax
The Obama arrest fantasy is a recycled lie meant to distract from what’s really in the Epstein files.
Donald Trump is desperate to distract from the Epstein files.
He’s threatened to deport Rosie O’Donnell. Released files on Dr. King’s assassination. Turned on his own supporters.
And now he’s sharing AI-generated videos of Barack Obama being arrested.
This week, Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s Director of National Intelligence, declassified a handful of emails from Obama-era officials and claimed they proved a “treasonous coup” to bring down Trump. Right-wing media lit up: Obama orchestrated the Russia investigation! He must be arrested!
It’s nonsense. Every part of it. A smokescreen to shift attention from Trump’s creepy poem to Jeffrey Epstein.
But if someone in your life brings it up, here’s what you need to know to shut it down.
Trump’s Original Lie
At the core of this new wave of accusations is Trump’s oldest and most persistent narrative: the “Russia hoax.” The claim that the entire investigation into Russian election interference was a fabricated plot to sabotage his presidency.
For nearly a decade, Trump has used this supposed “hoax” as a shield from every scandal.
Legislative failures? The deep state sabotaged him.
January 6th? An FBI setup—just like Russiagate.
91 criminal charges? All part of the same conspiracy.
Epstein files? Doctored by the same people who “invented” Russiagate.
Don’t be surprised if his next argument is:
“Fake investigations like Russiagate, which we now know Obama created, stole my first term. I deserve a third.”
This conspiracy theory is the foundation for almost every Trump defense, so it should come as no surprise that he is turning to it to distract and discredit the Epstein files.
Here’s the truth: there was no hoax. The Russia investigation was real, legitimate, and supported by both parties.
Let’s walk through the facts.
The Russia Investigation Was Legitimate
The FBI opened its investigation (Crossfire Hurricane) in July 2016, not because of the Steele Dossier, but because a Trump campaign adviser, George Papadopoulos, told an Australian diplomat that Russia had dirt on Clinton and planned to release it.
That tip triggered the investigation.
A 2019 Justice Department Inspector General report confirmed:
The investigation was legally and factually justified.
There was no evidence of political bias.
It was not started by Obama.
Russian Interference in our 2016 Election Happened
The Mueller Report and an Intelligence Community Assessment found multiple examples of Russian interference in the 2016 election, all designed to help Trump defeat Hilary Clinton.
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report, chaired at the time by Senator Marco Rubio, concluded:
Russia “engaged in an extensive campaign” to aid Trump and hurt Clinton.
Russian operatives hacked Democratic networks and released stolen materials for maximum political damage.
Social media manipulation by Russian entities was “sophisticated and aggressive.”
Trump campaign officials, including Paul Manafort, had recurrent, high-level contact with Russian nationals, representing a “grave counterintelligence threat.”
There is not a single US intelligence agency that disagrees with this assessment.
The Mueller Report Documented Extensive Trump–Russia Contacts
While Mueller did not charge Trump or his aides with a criminal conspiracy, the report documented over 100 contacts between Trump’s team and Russian-linked individuals—including meetings, emails, and backchannels.
Examples include:
The Trump Tower meeting with Russians offering “dirt” on Clinton.
Paul Manafort sharing internal polling data with a Russian spy.
Ongoing outreach about a Trump Tower Moscow project during the campaign.
The Mueller Report concluded that Russian agents and intermediaries "repeatedly contacted Trump campaign officials", sometimes through backchannels, and that Trump campaign officials were willing to accept Russian help even though the legal bar for criminal conspiracy was not met.
In Conclusion
The Russia investigation wasn’t a hoax. It wasn’t a coup. It was a justified response to a hostile foreign power interfering in our election.
You can argue about the extent of Russia's impact, but not whether it occurred.
Trump and Gabbard’s claim that Obama fabricated a “treasonous” investigation is untethered from reality. It’s a political weapon designed to distract from the Epstein files.
It’s another attempt to rewrite the story of Trump’s presidency, to frame him as the victim of a vast conspiracy, and to justify or discredit whatever comes next.
Trump is clearly afraid of what is in the Epstein files. Resurfacing the “Russia hoax” is groundwork to discredit them.
We can’t let that work.
I’m one who also believes that all the Epstein subtravuge, espionage, trafficking, kompromat collecting, criminal and all other abominations or abhorrent behaviors has a lot to do with Russia/gru also and other state sponsored crap pieces of shit against our country some might even call that treasonous also Ethel and husband were sentenced for less but whatever that seems to be legal or no big deal now too.
Thanks for laying this out again. There will never be a bar too low for trump and regime. Arresting Obama for any reason will exceed that 3.5% in the streets that we are waiting for. It would not be a smart move if it ever did happen.