It started back in 2019 with an article by Thomas Lifson, co-founder of American Thinker. Lifson highlighted stunning revelations from former U.S. Attorney Joe DiGenova (DC District) about RICO and the Russia Hoax. That piece crystallized what so many sensed: powerful players were bending rules, narratives, and investigations to protect themselves while targeting threats to the status quo.
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I wrote to Lifson framing it as evidence of a silent coup—a RICO-style criminal enterprise. He encouraged me to explore using RICO against the Clinton Foundation as a criminal enterprise. I did exactly that, and it marked the beginning of my regular writing for American Thinker—connecting street-level misconduct to larger issues of government overreach and Deep State activity during the Obama and Biden years. That spark helped fuel America’s Truth. Now, years later, Joe DiGenova is positioned to act on those very issues.
Paul Sperry penned an excellent summary at Real Clear Investigations about the push to move the grand conspiracy case from DC to the Southern District of Florida (SDFL) and the addition of DiGenova to lead the team. Sworn in as Counselor to the Attorney General and detailed to the Southern District of Florida (SDFL), DiGenova, a veteran prosecutor, brings decades of experience to advancing the “grand conspiracy” investigation.
The probe examines the coordinated actions—from the Russia investigation origins through Crossfire Hurricane, impeachments, and subsequent lawfare—that many view as a sustained effort to undermine a president and the voters who elected him.
Full Circle on Longstanding Accountability Gaps
This moment feels like a full circle. DiGenova and Victoria Toensing were persistent voices on the 2012 Benghazi attacks (the deadly assault on U.S. facilities in Libya that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens). Serious questions arose about security decisions, response failures, and transparency at the highest levels of the State Department.
A source with knowledge of the process noted that the Accountability Review Board (here) was structured to limit scrutiny of senior officials, including then-Secretary Hillary Clinton, and focused blame lower down the bureaucracy. This fit a long-standing pattern of protecting the powerful. The cynicism was evident in Clinton’s famous “What difference at this point does it make?” response before the House Select Committee on Benghazi.
Those protecting the system needed Clinton to win the 2016 election to provide cover for broader activities underway—including diverting massive taxpayer funds through NGOs.
When Clinton lost, panic set in. Just before the election, a circle of Democrats inside the government launched the Russian Collusion narrative and ran it aggressively through Trump’s entire first term. Legacy media dutifully parroted whatever came from the FBI and CIA.
The FBI had already covered for Clinton’s private email server—a clear violation involving mishandling of classified information that many viewed as espionage-related. Comey’s public claim that “intent” was required, combined with the infamous tarmac meeting between Bill Clinton and Attorney General Loretta Lynch, only deepened suspicions that a pre-arranged shield was in place.
The pattern continued: two impeachments built on the same foundation, the 51 former intelligence officials’ letter dismissing Hunter Biden’s laptop as Russian disinformation (spurred by Anthony Blinken and Jake Sullivan), FISA court lies and omissions by the FBI to spy on Trump, the LTG Mike Flynn entrapment setup (which happened to others, as well), the Mar-a-Lago raid, and withheld intelligence on China’s election involvement.
Admiral Mike Rogers warned Trump at Trump Tower about the spying and refused to play ball with CIA Director John Brennan and DNI Director James Clapper. (See here.) General David Petraeus took the fall after Benghazi because he wouldn’t go along with the dangerous aspects. Seth Rich’s murder remains the persistent wildcard.
The through-line from Benghazi accountability gaps to the present is unmistakable: protection of insiders, the gravy train of diverted funds, and neutralization of threats to the status quo. The SDFL grand conspiracy investigation now has the tools to connect these dots.
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Strategic Division: Smart Prosecutorial Craftsmanship
DiGenova is wisely dividing the grand conspiracy into multiple focused parts rather than one unwieldy case. This avoids procedural chaos and builds stronger components that can link via conspiracy principles. Miami operations and the Fort Pierce grand jury under Judge Aileen Cannon provide solid anchors. It’s targeted craftsmanship built for results.
The Right Man at the Right Time—RICO Potential to Slam the Enterprise
DiGenova is the right person at the right time. His background as a battle-tested U.S. Attorney equips him to cut through layers of institutional self-defense with rigor, clarity, and an unflinching commitment to the rule of law. The framework he is helping build opens the door to powerful tools like RICO statutes.
If the evidence demonstrates an “enterprise” of officials, agencies, and enablers engaged in a pattern of racketeering activity—leaks, misleading FISA processes, selective prosecutions, and repeated efforts to hobble a political opponent—RICO allows tying disparate acts into a cohesive case with serious penalties, extended statutes of limitations, and asset forfeiture.
This isn’t about isolated mistakes or policy disagreements. It’s about confronting a sustained enterprise that often used fraud as a tool to undermine constitutional norms, electoral integrity, and public trust. The phrase “slam the coup” captures the necessary scale: not rhetoric, but rigorous application of law to those who treated it as optional.
High-profile indictments should follow wherever the facts and evidence lead. Foundational decisions from the Obama era, the roles played by figures like Hillary Clinton in shaping and amplifying the Russia narrative, and broader coordination across administrations sit at the core. While grand jury proceedings remain properly sealed, the trajectory is unmistakable: sunlight on actions that affected not just one presidency, but the integrity of American self-government itself.
Signs the Shift Is Real—and Momentum Is Building
This Florida effort does not exist in isolation. Parallel momentum is visible elsewhere. In California, a longtime Newsom ally and appointee, Alexis Podesta, served as an FBI cooperator wearing a wire in a public corruption probe tied to the governor’s former chief of staff, Dana Williamson. That case resulted in a guilty plea on federal fraud and tax charges involving the alleged siphoning of campaign funds. The investigation has since broadened, touching elements of Newsom’s inner circle and raising questions about influence, fund flows, and nonprofit operations.
After years of institutional hesitation—from Secret Service failures in Butler to lingering unanswered questions around threats and shooters—we are now seeing the FBI and DOJ deploy proven tools (wires, cooperators, financial tracing, and intercepts) with greater consistency and effect.
Seasoned professionals have stepped up, leaving lucrative law practices to serve as patriots rather than risk-averse bureaucrats. Figures like Harmeet Dhillon (Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights) exemplify this commitment. It’s noteworthy that lawyers who represented Trump in the 2020 election, such as John Eastman, faced severe professional repercussions—including disbarment by the California Bar Association and being shunned by elite law firms—highlighting the risks attorneys encounter when they challenge the establishment or represent clients targeted by woke bar associations.
Expect continued developments: additional subpoenas, witness testimony, and charges that test whether the system can finally deliver impartial justice after years of selective blindness. The American people have waited long enough. The grand conspiracy probe, under experienced and determined leadership, is positioned to deliver long-overdue answers.
For more on these patterns, see my prior American Thinker investigative reporting on FISA abuses, the Russia hoax timeline, and related institutional failures.
Truth, as always, will prevail. May God save the republic.
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Ron Wright is a retired detective who served 35 years with Riverside P.D., Calif. Ron earned a B.A. in political science from Cal State University, Fullerton, and a Master of Administration from the University of California, Riverside. X @RonTcop
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