Gabbard makes her own hoax: Intel chief’s absurd rehashing of Russian interference

The unqualified director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, is again proving her unfitness by claiming that former President Barack Obama and his administration engaged in a “treasonous conspiracy” regarding the investigation of Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. In Gabbard’s retelling, based on some declassified materials, Obama and his administration worked to manufacture what the MAGA faithful have come to know as the “Russia hoax,” which is to say the reality that Vladimir Putin’s Russia endeavored to help Donald Trump in the 2016 election. Trump himself has now adopted this framing, referencing Obama’s “coup” and posting an AI-generated video of him smiling as the former president is arrested and put in prison. The documents show nothing of the sort, obviously. It’s particularly galling for Trump of all people to accuse a former president of attempting to orchestrate a coup when he’s the only U.S. president to have actually done so. Remember Jan. 6? The question of whether Russia tried to influence the 2016 presidential election isWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times