Overview
- Tulsi Gabbard declassified a five-year-old House Intelligence Committee report and released documents she says show Obama and his national security team directed a false January 2017 assessment claiming Russia sought to elect Trump
- She formally referred former FBI director James Comey, ex-CIA chief John Brennan and ex-DNI James Clapper to the Justice Department for potential criminal investigation over the alleged plot
- Obama spokesperson Patrick Rodenbush dismissed the allegations as “ridiculous” distractions that leave unchanged the consensus that Russia interfered but did not alter vote tallies
- Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Mark Warner cautioned that partisan document dumps risk exposing sensitive sources and tradecraft used to monitor Russian operations
- Gabbard pledged to declassify additional materials today to reinforce her claims as the DOJ weighs whether to pursue charges