Overview

• Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has declassified two batches of memos and intelligence reports and referred them to the DOJ accusing Obama’s team of engineering false findings against Trump.
• Senators Lindsey Graham and John Cornyn led a group of GOP colleagues in formally requesting a special counsel to investigate alleged misconduct by former Obama intelligence chiefs.
• Obama spokesperson Patrick Rodenbush joined ex‐CIA director John Brennan and former DNI James Clapper in denouncing the accusations as baseless distractions.
• Bipartisan congressional investigations and special counsel probes previously confirmed Russian election interference but found no evidence that Obama officials ordered a misleading intelligence assessment.
• Media commentators and Democratic allies argue the renewed focus on 2016 intelligence operations serves to divert attention from controversies surrounding President Trump’s handling of Jeffrey Epstein documents.