{"id":2474771,"date":"2025-08-14T15:17:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sarah-bedford-declassified-russiagate-emails-are-damning\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T15:18:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:18:54","slug":"sarah-bedford-declassified-russiagate-emails-are-damning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sarah-bedford-declassified-russiagate-emails-are-damning\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Bedford: Declassified Russiagate emails are &#8216;damning&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fsarah-bedford-declassified-russiagate-emails-are-damning%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=2474771&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 the recent declassification of emails related to the Russiagate investigation by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Washington Examiner investigations editor Sarah Bedford described the emails as &#8220;pretty damning,&#8221; revealing significant pressure from partisan leaders,including former obama officials,to reach predetermined conclusions implicating President Trump in collusion with Russia.The emails show that key intelligence figures like james Clapper and others rushed the investigation and bypassed normal procedures to produce a desired outcome, despite insufficient time to properly evaluate the evidence. Bedford noted that career analysts who questioned the process were silenced. Furthermore, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >newly released information suggests<\/a> the 2017 intelligence Community Assessment was compromised, with whistleblowers indicating political influence affected intelligence reporting. Bedford criticized the mainstream media for downplaying the importance of these disclosures and suggested that if legal actions were taken against those involved, the media would no longer be able to ignore the scandal.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Sarah Bedford: Declassified Russiagate emails are &lsquo;damning&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> investigations editor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/sarah-bedford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sarah Bedford<\/a> said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3499101\/james-clapper-emails-russiagate-tulsi-gabbard-obama-trump-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">emails from the Russia collusion investigation<\/a> that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified Wednesday were &ldquo;pretty damning.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bedford said on the <a href=\"https:\/\/hughhewitt.com\/video\/sarah-bedford-on-newly-released-russiagate-files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Hugh Hewitt <\/em><\/a>show Wednesday that former President Barack Obama&rsquo;s Director of the National Security Agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3482140\/trump-endorsement-mike-rogers-michigan-senate-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Rogers<\/a> allegedly felt pressured to reach a conclusion on the investigation, and that his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-tries-to-leverage-momentum-with-gop-and-battleground-voter-outreach-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris tries to leverage momentum with GOP and battleground voter out... - Washington Examiner\">team didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t have enough time to review all the information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3499558\/antifa-inc-left-wing-movement-ideology-criminal-network\/\">Antifa Inc: How an ideology became an organized criminal network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3498818\/pro-hamas-islamic-cleric-private-ceremony-omar-fateh\/\">Pro-Hamas Islamic cleric held private ceremony honoring Omar Fateh<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3470089\/antifa-tracker-far-left-activists-who-face-federal-charges\/\">Antifa tracker: The far-left activists who face federal charges under Trump&#8217;s DOJ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;There was so much pressure coming from the most partisan of the leaders to reach a premeditated conclusion,&rdquo; Bedford said about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-know-nothing-george-w-bush-admitted-ignorance-of-foreign-affairs-before-taking-office\/\" title=\"&#039;I Know Nothing&#039;: George W. Bush Admitted Ignorance of Foreign Affairs Before Taking Office\">newly released files<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard and CIA Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3487564\/whistleblower-pressured-to-back-flawed-russia-intel-under-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">John Ratcliffe<\/a> have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3460833\/cia-2016-election-report-russian-interference-anomalies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">releasing evidence<\/a> over the last few weeks, showing that the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment into Russia interfering with the 2016 presidential election was compromised.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.odni.gov\/files\/ODNI\/documents\/DIG\/DIG-Declassified-Whistleblower-Testimony-Obama-Subvert-President-Trump-July2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">A declassified statement <\/a>that was published on Thursday revealed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3487564\/whistleblower-pressured-to-back-flawed-russia-intel-under-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">senior U.S. intelligence official, turned whistleblower, <\/a>said Obama officials pressured him to support flawed conclusions in the intelligence report.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680;Newly declassified Top Secret emails sent on December 22, 2016 complying with President Obama&#8217;s order to create the manufactured January 2017 ICA about Russia expose how DNI James Clapper demanded the IC fall in line behind the Russia Hoax. Clapper admits that it was a &#8220;team&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fVHq9E1no7\">pic.twitter.com\/fVHq9E1no7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DNIGabbard\/status\/1955721194143146226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Bedford said that corporate media is &ldquo;obscuring&rdquo; the significance of the information Gabbard and Ratcliffe have been releasing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re now learning that it looks like these intel officials didn&rsquo;t follow procedures because they intended to reach a false conclusion implicating Trump and Putin in some sort of conspiracy,&rdquo; Bedford said. &ldquo;If they had followed procedures, they would&rsquo;ve been caught doing that.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Former DNI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3480700\/james-clapper-lawyered-up-amid-doj-scrutiny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">James Clapper<\/a> wrote in the declassified email that the investigation was a &ldquo;team sport.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will facilitate as much mutual transparency as possible as we complete the report, but, more time is not negotiable,&rdquo; Clapper wrote. &ldquo;We may have to compromise on our &lsquo;normal&rsquo; modalities, since we must do this on such a compressed schedule.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bedford said career analysts and less partisan people who were a part of the investigation were &ldquo;silenced&rdquo; for raising concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Familiar phrase from Russiagate intelligence docs raises eyebrows<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3490774\/familiar-phrase-russiagate-soros-intelligence-docs-raises-eyebrows\/\"><strong>FAMILIAR PHRASE FROM RUSSIAGATE INTELLIGENCE DOCS RAISES EYEBROWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Clapperthen-CIADirector[Clapperthen-CIADirector<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-brennan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">John Brennan<\/a> and then-FBI Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-comey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">James Comey<\/a>]already decided they were going to invent a conclusion for which there was no evidence, and that is why they cut these corners,&rdquo; she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bedford said if there are prosecutions into the intelligence leaders&rsquo; conduct during the investigation, the media won&rsquo;t be able to &ldquo;ignore&rdquo; the information anymore.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Bedford: Declassified Russiagate emails are &#8216;damning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2474772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Tulsi-testifies-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[61284,33117,16740,32964],"class_list":["post-2474771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-declassified-emails","tag-political-scandal","tag-russiagate","tag-sarah-bedford"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Tulsi-testifies-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2474771"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2474775,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474771\/revisions\/2474775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2474772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2474771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2474771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2474771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}