The US intel chief has vowed to hold those behind the “treasonous” Russiagate conspiracy accountable
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has accused former President Barack Obama and senior members of his administration of orchestrating a “treasonous conspiracy” to delegitimize Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory, and has promised to release additional information about the alleged plot in a Fox News interview on Sunday.
On Friday, Gabbard declassified over 100 documents describing a coordinated effort by senior Obama-era officials to falsely accuse Trump of colluding with Russia. The documents suggest that Obama’s spies spies discarded all intelligence assessments that found no Russian involvement and replaced them with fabricated claims – laying the groundwork for the ‘Russiagate’ probe, which Gabbard described as a “years-long coup” against Trump.
“The implications of this are frankly nothing short of historic,” Gabbard told 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.”
.@DNIGabbard: “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.” pic.twitter.com/koO5IK1eDx
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Gabbard promised further disclosures, saying, “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 implicate top intelligence officials under Obama – among them former DNI James Clapper, CIA Director John Brennan, FBI Director James Comey, and National Security Adviser Susan Rice – in the alleged plot.
Gabbard confirmed plans to submit the findings to the Department of Justice and the FBI for criminal referral, vowing to do everything she can 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 stated.
Moscow has repeatedly denied interfering in the US electoral process. The Russiagate scandal severely strained relations between Washington and Moscow, resulting in sanctions, asset seizures, and a breakdown in normal diplomatic engagement.