Overview

• On July 18, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released declassified documents on 2016 election intelligence and referred them to the Department of Justice alleging criminal misconduct by Obama-era officials.
• She has dismissed senior leaders at the National Intelligence Council for purported politicization of intelligence under the previous administration.
• The released files accuse former President Barack Obama and senior White House aides of orchestrating a treasonous conspiracy to weaponize intelligence and undermine the 2016–17 presidential transition.
• Right-leaning outlets including American Thinker and Breitbart have amplified Gabbard’s coup allegations, citing lists of Obama NSC principals and alleged media leaks of classified information.
• Veteran intelligence officers and bipartisan congressional inquiries have questioned the quality of Gabbard’s sources and pointed to earlier probes that found no evidence of a manufactured Russia collusion narrative.