Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has made headlines over the past few days with major declassifications exposing alleged misconduct by Obama-era officials. On April 18, 2026, during a White House press briefing reported by Mirror Now, Gabbard released a declassified 2020 House Intelligence Committee oversight report. This document details how former President Barack Obama and his national security team, including former CIA Director John Brennan, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and former FBI Director James Comey, directed the creation of a politicized January 2017 intelligence community assessment on Russian election interference.
Gabbard stated that the assessment manufactured findings from unreliable sources like the Steele dossier, suppressed contradictory evidence, and ignored intelligence showing Russia preferred Hillary Clinton. Mirror Now coverage highlighted her claim of a December 9, 2016, National Security Council meeting where Obama tasked officials to produce this non-standard report, overruling veteran analysts. She emphasized this undermined the 2016 election and American trust in intelligence.
Newsbusters reports that Gabbard also sent a criminal referral to the Department of Justice regarding the 2019 whistleblower complaint handled by then Inspector General Michael Atkinson. Declassified memos, released via Just the News, accuse Atkinson of policy violations in processing the CIA analyst's claim, which fueled Trump's first impeachment. Gabbard's office called it a conspiracy by Congress.
In the briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt praised Gabbard's work alongside CIA Director John Ratcliffe for confirming no Trump-Russia collusion, only Obama administration actions. Gabbard referred findings to the Justice Department and FBI for criminal probes, stressing threats to democratic integrity.
These moves have sparked debate, with reporters questioning past bipartisan Senate findings, but Gabbard pointed to new evidence refuting them.
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