Statute of limitations rules likely won’t come into play when it comes to potential charges against former President Barack Obama and key members of his intelligence community when it comes to allegations that they conspired to undermine President Donald Trump’s first term in office with claims of Russian collusion, CIA Director John Ratcliffe said Sunday.
“I don’t think statutes of limitations are going to impact because in the conspiracy, the statute of limitation doesn’t start to run until the last act and furtherance of that conspiracy,” Ratcliffe told Fox News “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo. “Part of why this is so important is that the people behind this are still furthering the conspiracy. They’re refusing to admit or acknowledge what they did in 2016 and what they did in 2020 was wrong.”
And, he added that there is “no doubt in my mind” that Obama, and his CIA Director John Brennan, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, FBI Director James Comey, and others conspired against Trump and the American people.
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