Newly released details from the government’s “Crossfire Hurricane” probe—centered around the 2016 election and the so-called “Trump-Russia collusion”—have unveiled a striking revelation from senior Obama-era officials.

On Friday, Director of Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified a memo showing that U.S. intelligence leaders had determined Russia played no meaningful role in Donald Trump’s defeat of Hillary Clinton. The memo serves as the most definitive evidence to date that members of the Obama administration harbored serious reservations about the extent of Russian interference, even as they proceeded with the investigation.

The 2016-dated memo informed then-President Barack Obama that “Russian and criminal actors did not impact recent US election results by conducting malicious cyber activities against election infrastructure.”

While it references earlier reports of a suspected breach in Illinois voter rolls and unsuccessful attempts to target systems in other states, the memo makes clear those actions never affected actual voting systems or altered outcomes.

“The targeting of infrastructure not used in casting ballots makes it highly unlikely it would have resulted in altering any state’s official vote,” the memo states. It adds further: “Criminal activity also failed to reach the scale and sophistication necessary to change election outcomes.”

This revelation marks a significant vindication for Trump, who has consistently maintained that the Trump–Russia collusion story was a politically motivated fabrication promoted by the Clinton campaign and Obama’s intelligence officials to derail his presidency before it started.

Now, attention is shifting toward those who pushed the narrative.

FBI officials are reportedly laying the foundation for a potential criminal investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI Director James Comey, and others involved in orchestrating and managing the Crossfire Hurricane operation.

According to a statement from current CIA Director John Ratcliffe, veteran intelligence personnel allege that Brennan intentionally withheld elements of the investigation from other agencies and aggressively lobbied to incorporate the discredited Steele dossier—an intelligence report that falsely linked Trump to Russian operatives.

A 200-page congressional review was compiled following a confidential meeting last weekend between the Department of Justice and intelligence leaders. Authorities are now considering whether to release additional materials, including Crossfire Hurricane notes and transcripts from special counsel John Durham’s probe, which concluded in 2023 that there was no legitimate Trump–Russia connection.

Gabbard’s memo release appears to signal the beginning of a larger effort toward transparency.

Investigators are also examining whether Brennan may have committed perjury during congressional testimony, where he denied using the Steele dossier in the intelligence community’s final report. Although the statute of limitations on perjury may have expired, officials believe he could still be prosecuted for conspiracy to commit perjury.

“Obama ordered the ICA to set Trump up and knock him off balance before he could even get started,” one senior official said. “This was an influence operation far more consequential than anything Putin cooked up. Obama and Hillary schemed the op, and the CIA and FBI ran it.”

Comey is also facing renewed scrutiny. He recently attracted attention after posting a cryptic message on social media that many interpreted as ominous. Sources say the Secret Service visited him earlier this year.