Redacted documents about the Trump-Russian Collusion Hoax show that the government is still lying about the situation.

This is according to a new report from Real Clear Investigations.

The outlet has been fighting in the courts to get access to information relating to the hoax, and, just recently, it made some progress in this battle.

Through a Freedom of Information request, it has obtained "a heavily redacted copy of the document that opened an explosive and unprecedented counterintelligence probe of the sitting president as an agent of the Russian government."

The details

The whole report is certainly worth a read, if you have the time. But, here, we will look at some highlights.

In the document, U.S. intelligence claimed that they had an "articulable factual basis" to believe that Trump - either "wittingly or unwittingly" - was colluding with Russia. Not only that, but the government claimed that this collusion was ta "threat to the national security of the United States."

Now, the interesting bit is that the so-called "articulable factual basis" is blacked out in the document. Why do you think that might me?

U.S. intelligence, in the document, went on to claim that its "goal" was "to determine if President Trump is or was directed by, controlled by, and/or coordinated activities with, the Russian Federation."

It also claimed that it was trying to determine whether Trump or associates obstructed an FBI investigation.

"Heavily redacted"

Overall, the document release is not as fruitful as one might have hoped, and the reason for this is that the released document are "heavily" redacted.

The New York Post's editorial board has some ideas about what exactly might be going on here.

Per the board:

The biggest thing the Bureau is still hiding: The “articulable factual basis” on which its 2017 probe of Trump’s alleged role as a Russian intelligence asset was legitimated. Yes, it’s been obvious for years that there was no factual basis for the probe.

The board then takes the reader through some of the details of the hoax, including Hillary Clinton's alleged role - or at least the role of her presidential campaign.

The board concludes:

So you don’t have to be Picasso (or Vassily Kandinsky) to connect the dots about what the FBI is still hiding and why. No one can know for sure until the Bureau tells the truth, but it’s beyond likely that the redacted “articulable factual basis” of the 2017 probe is both non-factual and non-actionable.