Russian Spies Likely Created 'Clinton Plan' Emails, Documents Show

Newly declassified documents from the Trump-era special counsel investigation suggest that a key piece of evidence supporting a Republican theory about Hillary Clinton's campaign framing Donald Trump was likely fabricated by Russian intelligence. The evidence, detailed in an annex to the special counsel's 2023 report, specifically points to a purported July 2016 email. This email, which claimed Clinton's campaign devised a plan to link Trump to Russia as a distraction from her private email server scandal, is now believed to have been created by Russian spies. This finding challenges a central tenet of the Republican "Clinton conspiracy" theory.