Michael Shellenberger on Obama Administration's 'Russia Hoax' and Declassified Documents

Declassified Documents Reveal Obama Administration's Knowledge of 'Russia Hoax'

• 💡 Declassified documents, released by DNI and initiated by Tulsi Gabbard, suggest the Obama administration was aware the 'Russia hoax' was baseless.
• 🎯 Despite assessments indicating Russian actors did not impact the 2016 US election results, Obama's staff allegedly instructed intelligence agencies to create new reports supporting Russia collusion.
• 🔑 Michael Shellenberger states that the Obama administration was undermining public confidence in elections while accusing the Trump campaign of the same.

Misleading Public and Media Narratives

• 🧠 The term 'hacking' was used metaphorically to refer to the release of Hillary Clinton's emails, not actual election machine breaches, misleading the public and media.
• 📰 Mainstream news outlets, like The Washington Post, reportedly amplified this misleading narrative about election 'hacking'.

Conspiracy to Subvert Democratic Will

• 🚀 Tulsi Gabbard described the findings as a conspiracy to subvert the will of the American people and has made a criminal referral to the Department of Justice.
• ⚠️ Shellenberger notes that Obama's CIA director allegedly used foreign assets to gather information on junior Trump campaign staffers to create a predicate for the FBI investigation.
• 🔍 The goal of these actions was to leak information to the media, creating a perception that Trump was compromised by Russians, despite a lack of evidence.

Intelligence Community as a PR Arm

• 📊 The documents reveal the intelligence community was used as a public relations arm to shape public perception.
• 🗣️ This aligns with Trump's sentiment of being 'hunted' and now becoming the 'hunter', as the administration's actions are being brought to light.