Justice department forms ‘strike force’ to investigate Obama over 2016 election

<p>Formation comes after intelligence chief accused Obama of ‘treasonous conspiracy’ for suggesting Russian interference</p><p>The US justice department has formed a “strike force” to investigate claims that the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/obama-administration">Obama administration</a> carried out a “treasonous conspiracy” by using false intelligence to suggest Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to help <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/pam-bondi">Pam Bondi</a>, the US attorney general, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-formation-strike-force-assess-evidence-publicized-odni">announced</a> the new force’s formation after the release of a trove of declassified documents from Barack Obama’s national security team by the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/24/justice-department-obama-2016-election">Continue reading...</a>