Donald Trump's CIA Director John Ratcliffe suggested that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other top Obama aides could be hit with perjury charges.
Ratcliffe said that Obama officials involved with the 'Russia hoax' - the debunked narrative that Russia interfered with the 2016 election on behalf of Donald Trump's campaign - could be prosecuted.
'Are those statute of limitations still live?' Fox Business host Bartiromo asked Ratcliffe. 'Tell me if, in fact, we could see a criminal prosecution here.'
Ratcliffe responded by saying that the intelligence community has another batch of documents that will be released soon showing elements of 'Russiagate' were part of a 'Hillary Clinton plan.'
That evidence, he said, is contained in a document titled the 'Durham annex,' files authored during Special Counsel John Durham's investigation into the origins of the Russia collusion scandal.
'And what that intelligence shows, Maria, is that part of this was a Hillary Clinton plan, but part of it was an FBI plan to be an accelerant to that fake Steele dossier, to those fake Russia collusion claims by pouring oil on the fire, by amplifying the lie and bearing the truth of what was - what Hillary Clinton was up to,' the CIA director said.
The dossier, a 2016 opposition research file crafted by former MI6 spy Christoper Steele against then-candidate Trump, was a central - and largely debunked - component of the FBI's 'Russiagate' investigation.
Ratcliffe also noted how Clinton, former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan have all testified about the case within the last five years. The statute for limitations for lying to Congress and the Department of Justice is five years, meaning the former officials could still be hit with charges.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe said on Sunday that the intelligence community may soon release a classified report showing that Hillary Clinton, James Comey and John Brennan gave inconsistent testimony about the origins of the Russia collusion case
Congress voted last week to subpoena Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill Clinton over their connections to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
The files that could soon be released will shine light on the origins of the Trump-Russia collusion scandal that began months after the 2016 election
'Much of that testimony is, frankly, completely inconsistent with what our underlying intelligence that is about to be declassified in the Durham annex, what that reflects,' Ratcliffe said.
If the officials' testimony does not align with their past comments under oath they could be hit with perjury charges.
'They conspired against President Trump, they conspired against the American people,' the CIA director said. 'So, I'll leave it to Pam Bondi and our DOJ and Kash Patel and our FBI to investigate the conspiracy to do what, and what charges that they're capable of bringing.'
A spokesperson for Clinton did not immediately respond to the Daily Mail's request for comment.
However, some critics have slammed Ratcliffe for not releasing 'Russiagate' documents when he served as director of national intelligence during Trump's first term.
'Can anyone explain why John Ratcliffe, who held the same position as Tulsi (DNI) under Trump, totally failed to identify the Russian collusion coup hoax against Trump and was then promoted by Trump to head the CIA,' podcast host Clint Russell wrote on X.
Last week, DNI Tulsi Gabbard declassified documents that she claims show how Obama-era intelligence officials 'manufactured and politicized intelligence to lay the groundwork.'
She released a September 2020 report by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Russia's attempts to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Donald Trump has long blamed former Obama officials for cooking up the infamous 'Russia hoax' against him
The file disputes the claim that Russia interfered with Trump's first election on behalf of the Republican.
Gabbard has said that she now has 'the evidence' to prosecute Obama officials. She also said she would be referring the evidence to the Department of Justice.
Hillary and Bill Clinton were also the topic of discussion on Capitol Hill last week after lawmakers voted to subpoena the couple over their ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
A motion from Rep. Scott Perry to have Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., solicit the former first couple's testimony passed last Wednesday.
The effort also called for other high-profile Democrats with expected ties to the late pedophile to be subpoenaed.
Former Attorneys General Eric Holder and Merrick Garland will also be compelled to testify. So will former special counsel Robert Mueller, who oversaw Trump's Russia collusion case.
Perry's full wish list includes: William Jefferson Clinton, Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, James Brian Comey, Loretta Elizabeth Lynch, Eric Hampton Holder, Jr., Merrick Brian Garland, Robert Swan Mueller III, William Pelham Barr, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions the third, and Alberto Gonzales.
