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GREGG JARRETT: Long-hidden documents reveal first Trump impeachment was a total fraud

Tulsi Gabbard sends criminal referrals to DOJ targeting the inspector general and the CIA analyst whistleblower

By Gregg Jarrett Fox News

Published April 17, 2026 5:00am EDT

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Newly declassified documents prove that the first impeachment of President Donald Trump in 2019-2020 was a carefully orchestrated fraud.

It all was concocted by Trump-hating "deep state actors" within the intelligence community who secretly conspired with Democrats in Congress to remove Trump from office and subvert the will of the American people who put him there.

The damning evidence was produced Monday, April 13 by Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. On Wednesday, she sent criminal referrals to the Department of Justice (DOJ) aimed at two of the central figures who propelled the impeachment proceedings, accusing them of manufacturing a conspiracy.

The first is Michael Atkinson, who served as the inspector general (IG) of the Intelligence Community at the time of the impeachment hearings, and the whistleblower who filed a formal complaint about Trump’s July 2019 telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

GABBARD CLAIMS ‘COORDINATED EFFORT’ BY INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TO ADVANCE NARRATIVE TO IMPEACH TRUMP

President Donald Trump speaks during an event with farmers on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 27, 2026, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)

The identity of the whistleblower — a CIA analyst and registered Democrat — has still not been officially disclosed, which is utterly absurd. He is not entitled to hide in the shadows of anonymity. By law, only the IG can decline to release his name. But this applies to no one else. Gabbard should identify him, particularly since he no longer works in intelligence.

Moreover, the so-called "whistleblower" was not a whistleblower at all, as I explained repeatedly in a series of columns seven years ago during Trump’s impeachment. The complaint he filed against the president never qualified as a valid complaint under the whistleblower statute. It does not meet the two requisite conditions set forth in the law.

That is, the alleged wrongful conduct must involve intelligence activity, and it must be committed........

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