Tulsi Gabbard, Russia and Director of National Intelligence
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National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to discuss her findings alleging the Obama administration manufactured intelligence to create a narrative of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard railed against reporters for daring to point out the obvious inconsistencies in her claims that Barack Obama masterminded a treasonous conspiracy against President Donald Trump.
Former FBI Director Andrew McCabe, now with CNN, says accusations against Obama-era intelligence figures and the former president are "absurd." "The idea that she would use this discussion around sourcing and intensive Russians as some sort of springboard for charges against Barack Obama or John Brennan or Jim Comey or anyone else is absurd,
Gabbard declassified a 2017 House report targeting Obama and intelligence officials over alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Russian interference in 2016 included hacking the Democratic National Committee and the campaign of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee who lost to Donald Trump, and spreading propaganda. That interference was designed to sow discord and election distrust.
CNN's coverage of Tulsi Gabbard's Wednesday press briefing ended after about three minutes, despite host Jim Scuitto's comment that this is an "extreme allegation." See more from Gabbard's comments be
Tulsi Gabbard said Wednesday on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime” that she couldn’t have gotten past the “deep state obstacles” to release files exposing the Russiagate hoax without a whistleblower coming forward to provide “critical pieces” to the story.