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The persistent push to vilify former President Barack Obama with baseless Russiagate allegations, accusing him of treason and demanding his arrest, is a blatant and cynical distraction from the Trump administration’s failure to deliver on its promise to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. Figures like Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino have fueled this misdirection, leveraging the Obama witch hunt to shift focus from their own inability to provide transparency on Epstein’s case. This report exposes how the administration’s mishandling of the Epstein files, coupled with inflammatory and unfounded claims against Obama, is a deliberate tactic to dodge accountability and keep the public chasing a fabricated scandal while the real issue, Epstein’s network and the promised release of critical documents, remains buried. The notion of Obama facing arrest is not only legally implausible but an outrageous diversion, and the administration’s refusal to address the Epstein files head on is a betrayal of public trust that must be called out.
The Epstein files, which many expected to reveal a so called client list or evidence of elite complicity in Epstein’s sex trafficking crimes, have been a focal point of public and political intrigue for years. During his 2024 campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to declassify these files, a pledge echoed by Bondi, Patel, and Bongino, who capitalized on their conservative media platforms to amplify speculation about a cover up. Bondi, in a February 2025 Fox News appearance, claimed an Epstein client list was sitting on her desk for review, raising expectations of bombshell revelations. Yet, the Justice Department’s July 2025 memo, co authored with the FBI, concluded no such list existed, reaffirmed Epstein’s 2019 death as a suicide, and declared no further disclosures were warranted due to the graphic nature of some materials. This abrupt reversal sparked outrage among Trump’s base, who saw it as a broken promise. The memo’s release, coupled with a surveillance video from Epstein’s jail cell containing a missing minute attributed to a technical glitch, only deepened suspicions of a cover up. Instead of addressing these concerns, the administration has pivoted to amplifying Russiagate allegations against Obama, a move that conveniently shifts the narrative away from their own failures.
The Obama Russiagate narrative, reignited by Tulsi Gabbard’s July 2025 declassification of documents alleging politicized intelligence in the 2016 election probe, is a flimsy pretext for distraction. These claims, pushed by figures like Patel and Bongino, assert Obama orchestrated a conspiracy to frame Trump with Russian interference, with some even labeling it treason. However, the legal reality dismantles this fantasy. Treason, under U.S. law, Article III, Section 3 and 18 U.S.C. § 2381, requires evidence of levying war or aiding enemies with clear intent, corroborated by two witnesses or a confession. No such evidence exists. The Mueller probe, Durham investigation, and 2020 Senate Intelligence Committee report found no criminal actions by Obama. X posts claiming he is under investigation for Espionage Act violations were debunked, with community notes confirming no grand jury or probe exists. The idea of Obama’s arrest is not just implausible, it is absurd, requiring a chain of legal impossibilities: a grand jury indictment, concrete evidence surviving judicial scrutiny, and a prosecution overcoming the unprecedented hurdle of targeting a former president. This is a political stunt, not a legal case, designed to inflame Trump’s base and divert attention from the Epstein files.
Bondi, Patel, and Bongino bear direct responsibility for this distraction. Bondi’s initial claim of reviewing a client list was either a gross miscalculation or intentional hype, as she later clarified she meant the broader case file. Her February 2025 release of 341 pages of Epstein documents, mostly duplicates of previously public materials like flight logs and a redacted contact list, was criticized as a publicity stunt by figures like Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who demanded real transparency. Patel and Bongino, who spent years on podcasts and TV stoking Epstein conspiracy theories, have since backtracked, endorsing the suicide ruling and memo conclusions despite their earlier rhetoric. Their shift from outsiders demanding truth to insiders defending a closed case reeks of opportunism. Bongino’s reported clash with Bondi, including taking a day off and contemplating resignation, exposes internal chaos, while Patel’s frustration, as noted in Axios, suggests even he doubts the administration’s approach. Yet, rather than address this, they have leaned into the Obama narrative, with Patel tasked by Trump to focus on voter fraud and other MAGA priorities, further sidelining Epstein.
This distraction is a calculated move to kick the can down the road on the Epstein files. The administration’s actions, releasing old documents, hyping a non existent client list, then shutting down further disclosures, have kept the public in a cycle of anticipation and disappointment. The July memo’s claim that unreleased materials contain child sexual abuse imagery or would expose innocent parties is a convenient excuse, untested by independent scrutiny. Senator Dick Durbin’s July 2025 letter alleged Bondi pressured FBI agents to flag Trump related records and rushed a haphazard review of 100000 files, raising questions about the process’s integrity. Meanwhile, Trump’s own statements, like his July 2025 Truth Social post calling the Epstein files a hoax created by Obama, Clinton, and Comey, directly fuel the Russiagate distraction. His dismissal of the issue as boring and his chiding of supporters as stupid for caring reveal a desperation to move on, even as he authorized a limited request to unseal grand jury testimony, a move experts like Carl Tobias note may yield little due to judicial protections for sensitive materials.
The public’s demand for Epstein answers remains unanswered, and the administration’s pivot to Obama bashing is a deliberate tactic to dodge accountability. Conservative influencers like Laura Loomer and Steve Bannon, who initially demanded transparency, have been partially mollified or redirected, with some, like Charlie Kirk, abruptly backing off after Trump’s urging. Yet, the frustration persists, with figures like Matt Walsh and Tucker Carlson calling out the administration’s lack of candor. The Epstein case, its potential to expose elite networks, its murky handling by prosecutors, and the 2008 non prosecution deal under then U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, deserves real scrutiny. Instead, Bondi, Patel, and Bongino have allowed the narrative to be hijacked by a baseless Obama witch hunt, which serves only to inflame division and distract from their failure to deliver. This is not just a betrayal of their base’s trust but a disservice to victims and the public, who deserve answers, not political sleight of hand.
The outrage over Obama’s alleged crimes is a manufactured crisis, a hokey pokey sideshow that collapses under scrutiny. It is a coup of distraction, orchestrated to keep the Epstein files buried while the administration avoids accountability. Bondi, Patel, and Bongino must be called out for their role in perpetuating this charade, stringing along a public desperate for truth with empty promises and recycled documents. The focus must return to demanding the Epstein files, unredacted, unfiltered, and untainted by political games. Until then, every new claim against Obama is just noise, drowning out the real scandal the administration does not want us to see.
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