The Russia collusion story was started by Democrats – specifically the Clintons, according to Newt Gingrich – and now they might ultimately be destroyed by it, the former House Speaker wrote in a Fox News op-ed this weekend.

"At first, I assumed the liberal elites were simply driven by their inability to accept that the American people elected Donald Trump as their 45th president," Gingrich wrote. "Now, I have another theory: The Trump-Russia story is meant to serve as a pure distraction aimed at masking real corruption by the Clinton political machine."

Gingrich's column outlined the investigative, financial, and political trail that included Hillary and Bill Clinton's Russia dealings, including one related to a uranium, media coverage attacking President Donald Trump while glossing over the Clinton connections, and recent revelations the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign helped fund the Russian dossier produced by "supposed opposition research" contractor Fusion GPS.

"The great irony of all this though, is that the Clintons started the so-called Russian collusion scandal, and in the end, they may be the ones destroyed by it," Gingrich's op-ed concluded.

Gingrich's piece laments the fact the Russian collusion investigation was directed by the left and "has been desperately working for months to find any shred of evidence that Donald Trump had even the slightest connection to Russia."

"Despite having the full support of their friends in the media, they have consistently failed to find anything substantive," Gingrich wrote.

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