It’s important to examine what is known—and what is not—to understand the real state of affairs.

The Source of the Rumor: Unverified Claims

The OmegaNewsBD article makes bold allegations but lacks credible sourcing. Its claim hinges on unnamed “insiders” supposedly within the DOJ. There is no accompanying documentation, official statement, or chain of verifiable sources. Importantly, no recognized media outlet has reported anything resembling this accusation. In a prior episode of similar disinformation, Reuters analyzed a false story from 2020 claiming Obama had been arrested for espionage and concluded it was entirely fabricated, drawing on disinformation tactics such as grafting Obama’s name onto an unrelated DOJ press release  .

What the DOJ Is Actually Investigating

That is not to say the DOJ is inactive on related fronts. In July 2025, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released over one hundred pages