364 Tulsi Gabbard Weaponizes Comey’s Fake Russian Document to Take Epstein Pressure off Trump
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Tulsi Gabbard Teams Up with Russian Spies to Wiretap and Unmask Hillary Clinton – emptywheel
Wow that’s some 11 dimensional chess level of gaslighting here-starting with the fact Trump hasn’t gotten tougher on Russia it’s just performative https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/they-just-bombed-a-nursing-home-trump-claims-melanias-remarks-pushed-for-stronger-action-on-russia-us-president-pledges-billions-for-ukraine/articleshow/122472961.cms
The level of mendacity by Trump here is impressive
🧨 Chapter Title: Comey’s Fake Russian Document 3.0: Disinfo as Diversionary Theater
In the latest resurrection of a long-dead lie, Tulsi Gabbard—now DNI under Trump’s second term—has weaponized the same fake Russian intelligence document that James Comey used to justify his July 2016 press conference.
The timing is no accident. As the Epstein files reignited scrutiny of Trump’s inner circle, Gabbard launched a diversionary offensive:
Accuse Barack Obama of orchestrating a “coup” via the Russia investigation.
The evidence? A memo flagged by Dutch intelligence as exaggerated, inconsistent, and likely fabricated—the same memo Durham used to subpoena Soros’s foundation, and the same memo Ratcliffe declassified in a last-ditch effort to smear Clinton before the 2020 election.
Want to build a Sidebar next on The Memo’s Timeline: 2016–2024? Or stylize a FN cascade that traces its journey from Comey to Durham to Tulsi? We could even build a visual motif around “3.0” as a disinfo software update.
Perfect—then let’s treat the opening as a theatrical curtain rise, with the “3.0” framing as both sequel and escalation. We can follow it with a modular insert that flags Marcy Wheeler’s forensic work as the throughline. Here’s a stylized draft that blends your instincts:
🎭 Comey’s Fake Russian Document 3.0: Disinfo as Diversionary Theater
The memo is back. Rebranded, repurposed, and redeployed—this time by Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s DNI, in a bid to smear Obama as the architect of a “deep state coup.”
But the memo isn’t new. It’s the same dubious Russian intelligence document that James Comey cited in 2016 to justify his solo press conference on Hillary Clinton. The same memo Marcy Wheeler flagged as “unverified, uncorroborated, and likely disinformation.”
Comey’s ghost story has become statecraft. What began as a CYA maneuver has metastasized into a full-blown narrative weapon—used by Durham to subpoena Soros, by Ratcliffe to smear Clinton, and now by Gabbard to rewrite the origins of the Russia probe.
🧠 Sidebar: Emptywheel’s Forensic Trail
“Comey’s reliance on a Russian document that the FBI itself couldn’t verify is the original sin of the Clinton email investigation.” — Marcy Wheeler, 2020
“Durham’s use of the same memo—without acknowledging its provenance or prior debunking—shows how disinformation becomes institutionalized.” — Emptywheel, 2023
“Tulsi’s revival of the memo is not just lazy; it’s strategic. It’s a way to launder a lie through time.” — Emptywheel, 2025
Want to build a FN cascade next that traces the memo’s journey from Dutch intelligence to Comey, then through Durham and Ratcliffe to Tulsi? Or maybe a Coda that riffs on the ethics of laundering disinfo through bureaucratic repetition?