Matt Taibbi on Obama-Era "Russia Hoax" and Manufactured Intelligence Claims

Allegations of Manufactured Intelligence

• 🎯 Investigative journalist Matt Taibbi discusses claims that the Trump-Russia collusion narrative was based on manufactured intelligence.
• 💡 DNI Tulsi Gabbard alleges that former President Obama ordered the publication of an intelligence assessment containing this manufactured intelligence, designed to discredit President-elect Trump in 2016.
• 🏛️ This manufactured intelligence is described as worse than mere politicization, representing a deliberate creation of false information.

Obama White House Involvement

• 🔍 New documents released by Tulsi Gabbard and the Director of National Intelligence suggest the investigation is now aimed at the Obama White House.
• 📜 Decisions made in early December 2016 to suppress a Presidential Daily Brief (PDB) and order a more aggressive intelligence community assessment are highlighted.
• 🗣️ A former high-ranking Trump official expressed that there was "so much corruption" during the Trump administration that these documents should have been released sooner.

Impact on the 2016 Election

• 📊 The core allegation is that Russia influenced the 2016 election, with questions arising about the extent of their ability to impact vote tallies versus influencing the election.
• ⚠️ Previous FBI statements indicated a lack of evidence that Russia had the ability to impact the election outcome.
• 📌 The Presidential Daily Brief did not contain evidence of a sweeping conspiracy to help Trump, which would have significantly altered the political landscape.

Legal and Political Ramifications

• ⚖️ Tulsi Gabbard has sent information to the DOJ and FBI for possible prosecution, accusing a former president of treason.
• 🎤 There is skepticism that any judge would treat such accusations seriously, with one commentator suggesting it would be met with laughter.
• 📰 Fox News Digital obtained a declassified copy of the Presidential Daily Brief from December 8th, 2016, which stated that Russian and criminal actors did not impact recent US election results by conducting malicious cyber activities against election infrastructure.