Tulsi Gabbard: Obama Admin Manufactured Intelligence on 2016 Election Interference

Declassified Report on 2016 Election Interference

• 🇺🇸 A declassified oversight majority staff report, released at President Trump's direction, details alleged manipulation of intelligence regarding the 2016 election.
• 🎯 The report claims President Obama and his national security team directed the creation of a false intelligence community assessment to promote a narrative of Russian interference to help Trump win.
• ⚖️ This is presented not as a partisan issue, but as a matter of integrity of the democratic republic and voter faith.

Manufacturing False Narratives

• 📄 The report alleges that findings were manufactured from shoddy sources, and credible intelligence disproving the claims was suppressed.
• 🚫 Traditional intelligence community standards were allegedly disobeyed, and the truth was withheld from the American people.
• 🏛️ This is described as a conspiracy to subvert the will of the American people and launch a yearslong coup against President Trump.

Key Findings on Putin and Clinton

• 🎯 A key finding states that Putin's principal interest was to undermine faith in the US democratic process, not to favor a specific candidate.
• 🤫 The report claims that then-CIA Director John Brennan and the intelligence community intentionally suppressed intelligence showing Putin was saving compromising material on Hillary Clinton for post-election release.
• 💰 Information allegedly held by Russia included details of possible criminal acts by State Department officials offering financing in exchange for supporting Clinton's campaign.

Mischaracterization of Intelligence

• 🎭 Brennan and the intelligence community allegedly mischaracterized intelligence and relied on substandard sources to create a false narrative of Putin's preference for Trump.
• 🤥 They are accused of misleading lawmakers by referencing the debunked Steele dossier, falsely suggesting it had intelligence value.
• 🚫 Significant intelligence that contradicted the assessment's findings was excluded or selectively quoted.

Omissions and Contradictions

• 📉 Multiple intelligence assessments prior to the November 2016 election concluded Russia had neither the intent nor capability to impact the election outcome.
• ⚠️ A Presidential Daily Brief stating no Russian actors impacted vote counts was pulled due to "new guidance" shortly before publication.
• 🧐 A secret National Security Council meeting on December 9th, 2016, led to a directive for ODNI leaders to create a new assessment on Russia election meddling, per the president's request.

Use of the Steele Dossier

• 📑 The report reveals that a source document for the January 2017 intelligence assessment was the discredited Steele dossier.
• 🗣️ Brennan allegedly lied about the dossier's incorporation into the assessment, despite it being referenced in the main body text and an annex.
• 🤔 When confronted with the dossier's flaws, Brennan reportedly responded, "yes, but doesn't it ring true?"

Accountability and Justice

• 🤥 The speaker asserts that President Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Brennan, James Clapper, James Comey, and media outlets knowingly lied about the contrived narrative.
• 💥 The implications of this alleged manipulation are described as far-reaching, impacting the integrity of the democratic republic and an outgoing president's actions to undermine the incoming one.