On July 31, 2025, a previously classified document known as the Durham Annex was declassified and released to the public. This 29-page annex is an addition to the 2023 report by Special Counsel John Durham, who investigated the origins of the FBI’s probe into alleged ties between Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Russia.
The Durham Annex, declassified through the efforts of Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and acting National Security Agency Director William Hartman, at the request of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, provides detailed evidence of a coordinated effort by key figures in the Obama administration and the Clinton campaign to fabricate and promote false narratives linking Donald Trump to Russian interference in the 2016 election.
This operation, described as a “soft coup,” aimed to undermine Trump’s candidacy, disrupt his transition to the presidency, and ultimately seek his removal from office through prolonged investigations and media amplification. The annex outlines how intelligence gathered in early 2016 revealed plans to associate Trump with Russian organized crime as a distraction from Hillary Clinton's email scandal, with the Clinton campaign actively funding and directing the cre ...
