The Director of National Intelligence pledges to hold those accountable for the “treasonous” Russiagate conspiracy.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has accused former President Barack Obama and high-ranking members of his administration of orchestrating a “treasonous conspiracy” aimed at delegitimizing Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory. She has also announced plans to release further details regarding the alleged scheme during a Fox News interview scheduled for Sunday.
On Friday, Gabbard declassified over 100 documents that reportedly describe an effort to falsely accuse Trump of colluding with Russia. According to these documents, Obama’s spies allegedly dismissed intelligence assessments that found no evidence of Russian involvement and replaced them with fabricated claims, thus establishing the foundation for the ‘Russiagate’ probe, which Gabbard characterized as a “years-long coup” against Trump.
“The implications of this are frankly nothing short of historic,” Gabbard stated on Sunday Morning Futures on Fox News. “It’s worse than politicization of intelligence. These were manufactured intelligence documents that sought to achieve President Obama and his team’s objective, which was undermining President Trump’s presidency and subverting the will of the American people.”
.: “It’s worse than even politicization of intelligence; it was manufactured intelligence that sought to achieve President Obama’s and his team’s objective, which was undermining President Trump.”
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Gabbard promised further disclosures, stating, “Next week we will be releasing more detailed information about how exactly this took place and the extent to which this information was sought to be hidden from the American people.”
We have whistleblowers actually coming forward now after we released these documents, because there are people who were around – who were working within the intelligence community at this time – who were so disgusted by what happened.
The documents allegedly implicate top intelligence officials under Obama – including former DNI James Clapper, CIA Director John Brennan, FBI Director James Comey, and National Security Adviser Susan Rice – in the alleged plot.
Gabbard confirmed her intention to submit the findings to the Department of Justice and the FBI for criminal referral, promising to do everything possible to ensure accountability.
“Those responsible, no matter how powerful they are or were at that time, no matter who was involved in creating this treasonous conspiracy against the American people, they all must be held accountable,” she asserted.
Moscow has consistently denied any interference in the US electoral process. The Russiagate scandal significantly strained relations between Washington and Moscow, leading to sanctions, asset seizures, and a breakdown in normal diplomatic relations.