Trump hails aide, congratulates Tulsi Gabbard on exposing 2016 ‘election fraud': ‘Panel was fantastic on prosecuting Obama'
'Congratulations to Tulsi Gabbard. Keep it coming!!!' he added.
Gabbard publicly accused Obama and several of his top officials of orchestrating what she described as a 'treasonous conspiracy' to undermine Trump's victory in the 2016 election.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Accountability is coming.
Glory to GOD. pic.twitter.com/ToPvPgRgco
— Harrison Fields (@HFields47) July 19, 2025
Accompanied by newly declassified intelligence documents, Gabbard claimed that senior Obama-era national security officials 'manufactured' and politicised intelligence assessments about Russian interference. She alleged these actions were a coordinated effort to discredit Trump and 'subvert the will of the American people.'
Posting on X, she wrote: 'For months preceding the 2016 election, the Intelligence Community shared a consensus view: Russia lacked the intent and capability to hack US elections. But weeks after President Trump's historic 2016 victory defeating Hillary Clinton, everything changed.'
🧵 Americans will finally learn the truth about how in 2016, intelligence was politicized and weaponized by the most powerful people in the Obama Administration to lay the groundwork for what was essentially a years-long coup against President @realDonaldTrump, subverting the… pic.twitter.com/UQKKZ5c4Op
— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) July 18, 2025
Gabbard's statement, as reported by The Guardian, demanded a full criminal investigation. 'No matter how powerful, every person involved in this conspiracy must be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,' she said.
She specifically named former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former CIA Director John Brennan, and former FBI Director James Comey in her allegations.
According to documents released by Gabbard's office, assessments from the intelligence community before and immediately after the election suggested that Russia likely did not aim to alter the outcome using cyber means.
The report further claims that following a December 2016 White House meeting, Obama administration officials shifted their messaging—relying on still-unverified intelligence, including the Steele dossier—to assert that Russian interference had influenced the election result.
(With inputs from The Guardian)
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