Overview

• Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released two batches of declassified documents and formally referred them to the Justice Department for possible criminal charges against Obama for allegedly revising 2016 Russia interference findings
• Senators Lindsey Graham and John Cornyn led calls for a special counsel to determine if Obama administration officials manipulated intelligence assessments to cast Trump as illegitimate
• Obama spokesperson Patrick Rodenbush characterized the allegations as a weak distraction that does not undercut the consensus that Russia sought to influence the 2016 election without tampering with vote counts
• Former CIA Director John Brennan said there is no factual basis for Gabbard’s claims and accused her of cherry-picking documents out of context
• President Trump cited a recent Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling as likely shielding Obama from prosecution over the referred allegations