Overview

• Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard expanded her July declassification with additional documents and a criminal referral to the DOJ, claiming officials manipulated a 2016 Russia interference assessment.
• Senators Lindsey Graham, John Cornyn and others formally called for a special counsel to examine potential charges against former administration figures.
• Obama spokesperson Patrick Rodenbush dismissed the allegations as baseless and intended to distract, and former CIA chief John Brennan sharply criticized the evidence as cherry-picked.
• Former national security advisor John Bolton labeled the report’s findings exaggerated and lacking substantive proof, saying they collapse under detailed scrutiny.
• Critics argue the timing of the disclosures is meant to divert public focus from President Trump’s ongoing dispute over the release of Jeffrey Epstein documents.