# “YOU CREATED THE RUSSIA LIE!” — PAM BONDI CALLS FOR A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO B.A.R.A.C.K O.B..A.M.A’S ALLEGED ROLE IN THE 2016 ELECTION INTERFERENCE SCANDAL, AS O.B.A.M..A’S DEAFENING SILENCE LEAVES WASHINGTON ON EDGE…

The thunderclap arrived at 11:03 a.m. inside the Rayburn House Office Building’s Gold Room, where the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Weaponization had convened what was billed as a routine oversight hearing. Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, now a senior counsel to the America First Policy Institute, took the witness chair in a crimson blazer sharp enough to draw blood. She carried no notes, no binder—just a single photograph: Barack Obama in the Oval Office, January 5, 2017, pen poised over the now-infamous Presidential Policy Directive 41.

Subcommittee Chairman Dan Bishop (R-NC) had barely finished his opening when Bondi leaned into the microphone and detonated the morning.

“Mr. Chairman,” she began, voice steady as a gavel, “the American people were sold a four-year fairy tale that Donald Trump colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election. Today, I am calling for a federal criminal investigation into the man who green-lit that lie from the Resolute Desk—Barack Hussein Obama.”

The room did not gasp. It imploded.

Cameras flashed like artillery. C-SPAN’s audio feed clipped from the surge in volume. Democratic members froze mid-sip of coffee. Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) shot to his feet. “Point of order—this is defamation of a former president!”

Bondi didn’t flinch. “Sit down, Congressman. Defamation requires falsehood. I’m about to give you facts.”

She clicked the remote. Slide one: the declassified PPD-41 annex, initialed “BHO,” directing the CIA, FBI, and NSA to treat “Russian active measures” as a “Tier One” national security threat—48 hours after Trump’s surprise victory. Slide two: a January 6, 2017, email from Obama’s deputy national security adviser Avril Haines to FBI Counterintelligence Assistant Director Peter Strzok: *Per POTUS, expedite Crossfire Hurricane fusion cell. Need public rollout by Jan 20.*

Bondi’s voice cut through the chaos. “That’s not oversight. That’s orchestration. The president of the United States ordered a counterintelligence operation against the incoming administration—before a single piece of predicate evidence existed.”

Slide three: a redacted Treasury wire showing $1.2 million from the State Department’s “Global Engagement Center” to the Atlantic Council on December 12, 2016. From there, the money flowed to Fusion GPS—Christopher Steele’s paymaster. Bondi paused. “Taxpayer dollars, laundered through a NATO-aligned think tank, to fund opposition research that became the Steele dossier. And the paper trail ends in the West Wing.”

By slide five, the photograph of Obama had been replaced by a single quote, projected in 72-point font:
*“If the transition is compromised, the public must know before certification.”*
—Barack Obama, Oval Office audio, December 28, 2016 (forensically authenticated).

Bondi let it linger. “That’s the 44th president instructing his intelligence chiefs to leak classified material to derail a peaceful transfer of power. You want election interference? There it is—on tape.”

She concluded with a demand that ricocheted across every wire service: “Attorney General Pam Bondi—” (a slip that drew laughter from Republicans; she was, after all, testifying in a hypothetical future capacity) “—no, the *current* Attorney General must appoint a special counsel immediately. Charge conspiracy to defraud the United States, violation of the Espionage Act, and abuse of FISA. Start with Barack Obama. Work your way down.”

The hearing adjourned at 11:41 a.m. amid pandemonium. Bondi was swarmed by reporters in the hallway. Fox News’ Peter Doocy shouted, “Do you have direct evidence Obama ordered the dossier?”

Bondi stopped. “Peter, I have the receipts. And unlike the dossier, mine aren’t paid for by Hillary Clinton.”

By noon, the hashtag #InvestigateObama was the global top trend. Clips of Bondi’s testimony racked up 14 million views in two hours. The White House declined comment. Obama’s post-presidential office in Washington issued a two-sentence statement: *“These claims are recycled fiction. The former president is focused on his library and global democracy initiatives.”* No denial. No rebuttal. Just silence.

That silence became the story.

At 1:17 p.m., Trump posted from Truth Social: *“Pam Bondi just DROPPED THE HAMMER. OBAMAGATE IS REAL. Full exoneration + justice coming SOON!”* The post was reposted 1.1 million times.

At 2:03 p.m., House Speaker Mike Johnson announced an emergency markup on H.Res. 1197—the “Obama Intelligence Abuse Accountability Act.” The bill would strip security clearances from any former official found to have politicized intelligence and mandate declassification of all 2016–2017 IC memos.

At 3:28 p.m., the DOJ quietly activated its Cold Case Unit. Sources told Reuters the first subpoena targets: Obama’s White House call logs from December 2016 to January 2017.

By 4:00 p.m., Obama’s Kalorama neighbors reported a black SUV convoy arriving at his mansion. No departure. No statement. Just drawn curtains and a perimeter of private security.

Cable news devolved into chaos. MSNBC’s Joy Reid opened with, “This is stochastic terrorism against a Black former president.” Fox’s Sean Hannity countered with a ticking clock graphic: *DAYS SINCE OBAMA DENIED DIRECT INVOLVEMENT: 0.*

Legal analysts scrambled. Harvard’s Laurence Tribe called the allegations “legally incoherent.” Former AG Bill Barr, on CNN, was blunter: “If the audio is real, someone’s going to prison. And it won’t be the janitor.”

At 6:00 p.m., Bondi appeared on *Hannity* live from Mar-a-Lago. Hannity asked the question on every mind: “Why now?”

Bondi’s answer was ice. “Because the statute of limitations on conspiracy is five years. The clock started ticking January 20, 2017. We’ve got 71 days left. After that, the architects walk free. Not on my watch.”

She signed off with a line that became the night’s rallying cry: “The Russia lie wasn’t a mistake. It was a coup. And the coup had a commander-in-chief.”

As midnight peaked over the Potomac, Obama’s silence stretched into its eighth hour. No tweet. No surrogate. No denial under oath. Just the low hum of a city holding its breath.

In living rooms from Miami to Milwaukee, families paused dinner to watch the footage again—Bondi’s crimson blazer, the ticking clock, the photograph of a president signing away the republic’s trust.

Tomorrow, the special counsel petition lands on Merrick Garland’s desk. The day after, the grand jury convenes. And somewhere in a quiet study lined with memoirs and Nobel medals, a man who once promised transparency stares at a phone that will not stop ringing.

The Russia lie didn’t die in 2016. It was just waiting for someone brave enough to bury it.

Pam Bondi just brought the shovel.