A newly declassified document released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Monday revealed explosive whistleblower testimony detailing how the Obama administration manipulated intelligence assessments to delegitimize President Donald Trump before he even took office.
The whistleblower, a former Deputy National Intelligence Officer (DNIO) who served from 2015 to 2020, has laid out a scathing firsthand account of how top intelligence officials were pressured, under direct orders from the Obama White House, to shape a 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) that falsely suggested Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help Trump win.
Gabbard released the following statement on X:
“Whistleblower reveals how they were threatened by a supervisor to go along with the Obama-directed Russia hoax “intelligence” assessment, even though they knew it was not credible or accurate. The Whistleblower refused.