Gregg Jarrett explains how Russiagate players may have made things worse for themselves
Gregg Jarrett appeared on Fox Business Thursday and laid out a legal argument that could prove significant for those involved in the saga surrounding the Steele dossier and its use in the 2017 Intel assessment.
Reports released Thursday reveal emails from Soros associate Leonard Bernardo, which show that in July 2016, he communicated with a Clinton campaign adviser, confirming that Hillary Clinton approved a plan to link Trump to Russian hackers influencing U.S. elections. During an appearance on “The Evening Edit,” Jarrett said the actions of key figures such as Clinton, the DNC, and George Soros officials may have inadvertently extended the statute of limitations for potential criminal prosecution.
“The cover-up, Liz, has been ongoing for years, which extends the statute of limitations in any criminal conspiracy case. The clock actually starts ticking when deliberately concealed evidence is discovered, which is recently,” Jarrett told host Elizabeth MacDonald.
Jarrett said that if the FBI were to discover incriminating documents hidden by former FBI Director James Comey, such attempts to conceal or destroy evidence would constitute obstruction of justice and reset the statute of limitations.
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“So, for example, the new FBI under Kash Patel just discovered incriminating documents in burn bags hidden at the FBI. They found hard drives squirreled away under lock and key by Comey. And attempting to conceal or destroy evidence relevant to investigations, that is obstruction. And the last overt act in the conspiracy starts the clock anew,” Jarrett said.
Russiagate, he added, could constitute a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy.
“And, you know, I think it constitutes a broad criminal conspiracy by a great many corrupt actors, including the ones I named. And I would look at defrauding the government, deprivation of rights under color of law, and, most importantly, obstruction of justice,” Jarrett said.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released “overwhelming evidence,” saying that former President Barack Obama and his national security team “manufactured and politicized intelligence” following Trump’s 2016 victory, citing the Steele Dossier, a fabricated and unverified report alleging Trump-Russia ties, as a key example.
The Clinton campaign and the DNC funded the Steele Dossier, a collection of reports compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele in 2016, containing unverified allegations about President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia. The dossier was later discredited, with FBI analyst Brian Auten saying in October 2022 that the FBI offered Steele $1 million to verify the dossier, but Steele failed to do so.
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