Gabbard's unprecedented claim: A president led a 'treasonous conspiracy'
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Gabbard Declassifies Report Challenging 2016 Russia Assessment
Above: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard at the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on July 23, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Image copyright: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
The Spin
Republican narrative
Tulsi Gabbard has done the American people a service by disclosing irrefutable evidence revealing a dangerous deep-state conspiracy to undermine President Trump’s 2016 election victory. The declassified documents expose that the Obama administration manufactured the Russia hoax despite knowing it to be false, representing a treasonous attack on the Republic.
Democratic narrative
This is the latest attempt to distract from the administration’s failure to release the Epstein files. The documents show Obama officials pushed for a quick review before leaving office, but provide no evidence of criminal behavior. The allegations are as false as they are egregious, while the accompanying disclosures have jeopardized both sensitive sources that the U.S. needs to keep its citizens safe and U.S. methods of spying on Russia.