{"id":2469266,"date":"2025-07-31T17:21:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-said-evidence-wasnt-enough-to-investigate-obama-ag\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T17:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:23:11","slug":"fbi-said-evidence-wasnt-enough-to-investigate-obama-ag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-said-evidence-wasnt-enough-to-investigate-obama-ag\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Said Evidence Wasn&#8217;t Enough To Investigate Obama AG"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-said-evidence-wasnt-enough-to-investigate-obama-ag%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2469266&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses declassified documents revealing that the FBI possessed intelligence in 2016 suggesting former Attorney General loretta Lynch might have been involved in coordinating with the Clinton campaign during the Russia investigation,but the bureau chose not to pursue an investigation due to concerns about the political adn public implications of probing such a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/america-first-legal-pursuing-lawsuit-against-critical-race-theory-stephen-miller\/\" title=\"America First Legal Pursuing Lawsuit Against Critical Race Theory: Stephen Miller\">high-profile official<\/a>. despite considering the evidence unreliable and hearsay, FBI officials, including James Comey and Andrew McCabe, later enthusiastically pursued an extensive investigation into President Donald Trump based on the Steele dossier, which has since been discredited. The piece highlights a perceived double standard in the FBI&#8217;s handling of investigations, suggesting partisan motivations influenced the disparate treatment of Trump compared to lynch, and criticizes the ongoing &#8220;lawfare&#8221; and two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-barr-if-youre-appalled-about-unequal-justice-get-joe-biden-out-of-office\/\" title=\"Bill Barr: If You\u2019re Appalled About Unequal Justice, Get Joe Biden Out Of Office\">-tier justice system<\/a> that originated from the Russiagate saga.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obamawhitehouse\/20894938562\/in\/photolist-CtEsN3-xQq2gq-rhVHJ7\">pete souza\/Obama White House\/Flickr<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/31\/fbi-said-evidence-wasnt-enough-to-investigate-obama-ag-then-investigated-trump-with-far-less\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=FBI%20Said%20Evidence%20Wasn%E2%80%99t%20Enough%20To%20Investigate%20Obama%20AG,%20Then%20Investigated%20Trump%20With%C2%A0Far%20Less&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/31\/fbi-said-evidence-wasnt-enough-to-investigate-obama-ag-then-investigated-trump-with-far-less\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=FBI%20Said%20Evidence%20Wasn%E2%80%99t%20Enough%20To%20Investigate%20Obama%20AG,%20Then%20Investigated%20Trump%20With%C2%A0Far%20Less&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/31\/fbi-said-evidence-wasnt-enough-to-investigate-obama-ag-then-investigated-trump-with-far-less\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/31\/fbi-said-evidence-wasnt-enough-to-investigate-obama-ag-then-investigated-trump-with-far-less\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=FBI%20Said%20Evidence%20Wasn%E2%80%99t%20Enough%20To%20Investigate%20Obama%20AG,%20Then%20Investigated%20Trump%20With%C2%A0Far%20Less&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/31\/fbi-said-evidence-wasnt-enough-to-investigate-obama-ag-then-investigated-trump-with-far-less\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The same FBI players who led the Russian collusion hoax against President Donald Trump had intelligence implicating former Attorney General Loretta Lynch as a potential player in Russiagate, but declined to follow through because of how an investigation would look to the public.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/declassified_durham_annex_released_by_chairman_grassley.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Durham annex<\/a> documents declassified and released by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley show that in March 2016, high-level FBI officials, including FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, informed Associate Deputy Attorney General David Margolis that they found two Russian-languange memos and emails purportedly hacked by &ldquo;individuals affiliated with Russian intelligence services&rdquo; to &ldquo;likely not be credible.&rdquo; One of the memos indicated that the Clinton campaign &ldquo;regularly receives information from Attorney General Loretta Lynch on the plans and intentions of the FBI,&rdquo; adding that then-President Barack Obama was using Lynch to &ldquo;pressure&rdquo; then-FBI Director James Comey to bury Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s election-year scandals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-233597225\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>An August 12, 2016, memorandum confirmed the FBI believed that the information was &ldquo;hearsay,&rdquo; tainted with suspected &ldquo;exaggeration&rdquo; and &ldquo;editorialization,&rdquo; and even &ldquo;unreliable because of translation errors.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"EP6SLI3xG1pXFJ7nbtga4RrYylm5VdN\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">8\/ So they had this in March of 2016, but found it not credible because multiple lawyers. HELLO&hellip;DOSSIER! Holy Sh!t! You need more evidence to investigate the AG, but not the frickin&#8217; president!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hh7LPXUSSp\">pic.twitter.com\/hh7LPXUSSp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfMJCleveland\/status\/1950930067674030125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The FBI allegedly tried to seek &ldquo;additional related information&rdquo; from a source dubbed &ldquo;T1,&rdquo; but received &ldquo;no responsive information.&rdquo; Despite having what is described as &ldquo;a number of covert investigative steps&rdquo; available to further determine the truth about whether Lynch had talked with Clinton&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-is-sixteen-thirty-fund-the-nikki-haley-aide-tied-liberal-dark-money-group\/\" title=\"What is Sixteen Thirty Fund? It&#039;s a liberal dark money group linked to Nikki Haley&#039;s aide\">top campaign staffer<\/a>, the FBI stopped short.<\/p>\n<p>Comey later claimed to the Inspector General&rsquo;s office that the report indicating Lynch may have coordinated with the Clinton camp &ldquo;not credible on its face.&rdquo; FBI Deputy General Counsel Trisha Anderson, however, revealed to investigators that Comey&rsquo;s decision to drop the probe into Lynch was influenced by Margolis&rsquo; concerns about investigating someone as high profile as the country&rsquo;s principal legal officer.<\/p>\n<p>Margolis specifically warned that looking into Lynch&rsquo;s alleged communication could &ldquo;take us down the path [where] we&rsquo;re investigating the Attorney General of the United States.&rdquo; Margolis allegedly told Comey that he &ldquo;ought to have more of a reason to go forward with it than what you have.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The irony, of course, is that the same people worrying about the implications of examining Lynch&rsquo;s actions based on what they believed to be a low-to-no credibility report were more than happy to run a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >years-long failed presidential takedown masquerading<\/a> as an investigation based on a debunked dossier. <\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s no denying that the Steele dossier, which was the spark that lit the Russia collusion hoax on fire, was based on bogus intelligence. Yet big intelligence players such as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/andrew-mccabe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">McCabe<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/james-comey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Comey<\/a> were more than happy to green-light a soft coup against Trump based on the dossier&rsquo;s outlandish claims.<\/p>\n<p>The disparate treatment the FBI gave Trump compared to Lynch is unsurprising, given everything we know about Russiagate and its partisan origins. Nearly 10 years after the FBI wrongfully determined that Trump deserved more scrutiny, it&rsquo;s clear that the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/category\/law\/lawfare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawfare<\/a> and two-tier system of justice that the corrupt hoaxers started only continued.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. 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