REPORT: Obama’s Deep State Officials Allegedly Threatened Russigate Whistleblower

An associate of then-Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper allegedly threatened to withhold a promotion from a senior intelligence official turned whistleblower over his refusal to endorse a key assessment on allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election, a Thursday report shows.

The notes detail a 2017 conversation in which an Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) analyst was allegedly told needed to “outgrow” his refusal to sign off on assessments he hadn’t personally verified as a condition for a promotion.

“You need to trust me on this,” an official told the analyst, according to notes exclusively obtained by The Federalist.

The anonymous analyst responded by saying that he “would need to review any reporting myself in order to consider it,” according to the notes taken by the whistleblower and reviewed by The Federalist.(RELATED: REPORT: Kash Patel Discovered Thousands Of Russiagate Docs In ‘Burn Bags’)

“There is reporting you are not allowed to see,” the supervisor allegedly said regarding the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA), adding, “if you saw it, you would agree,” according to The Federalist.

The whistleblower claimed the official said he needed his agreement on the judgments, “so that [Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)] will go along with them!”

The whistleblower wrote that the conversation shifted to the “DIA’s supposed trust in me, and the necessity of me proving my ‘corporate IC officer’ bona-fides by doing what it took to bring DIA on board …” according to The Federalist.

The whistleblower refused to sign off on the ICA, leading to the DIA to not join the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National Security Agency’s (NSA) in approving “the final non-compartmented versions of the ICA,” according to the report.

A person familiar with the notes told The Federalist the alleged conversation was not documented until over six years later, due to a delay after the whistleblower unsuccessfully tried to share his concerns with the inspector general of the intelligence community (IC), Special Counsel John Durham and Democrat Virginia Sen. Mark Warner.

It was only on March 31, 2023, that the whistleblower drafted a summary of his claims, a person familiar told the outlet. (RELATED: Social Media Posts Reveal Anti-Trump Bias Of CIA Officer Who Helped Create 2016 Russiagate Report)

WASHINGTON – JUNE 5: Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper Jr. shakes hands with President Barack Obama after being nominated in the Rose Garden of the White House June 5, 2010 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama announced retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper Jr. as his nomination for director of national intelligence. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

The Federalist highlighted an apparent inconsistency in the notes, pointing out that the whistleblower incorrectly recalled a briefing between Clapper, other intelligence chiefs and former President Barack Obama as occurring weeks before his conversation with his superior.

In reality, the briefing took place in early January, the same time the whistleblower’s notes indicate his conversation with his superior occurred.

“I remember this conversation very clearly,” the whistleblower said. “It was a difficult situation and I listened, and chose my responses, with care.”

“I was aware that I was defying the [National Intelligence Officer’s] direction to me (to misrepresent my views to DIA) based on a conscious decision to adhere to IC standards, tradecraft and ethics,” the notes reportedly concluded.

The Daily Caller reached out to Warner’s office for comment but has not heard back at the time of publication.