On July 18, 2025, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a bombshell report that accuses former President Barack Obama and senior officials in his administration of organizing a coordinated effort to undermine President Donald Trump\u2019s 2016 election victory and his ability to govern. Gabbard called it a \u201ctreasonous conspiracy\u201d and warned that this was not just about politics, but about a direct threat to the integrity of American democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis issue is not a partisan one. It is one that concerns every American,\u201d Gabbard said in a public statement. \u201cThe information we are releasing today clearly shows there was a treasonous conspiracy in 2016 committed by officials at the highest level of our government.\u201d She added that the objective was \u201cto subvert the will of the American people and enact what was essentially a years-long coup.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The newly declassified report outlines a series of events starting before the 2016 election. According to intelligence assessments at the time, Russia was \u201cprobably not trying \u2026 to influence the election by using cyber means.\u201d These assessments were widely shared across the intelligence community throughout the summer and fall of 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, just one month after Donald Trump\u2019s unexpected win over Hillary Clinton, everything changed. On December 7, 2016, internal talking points prepared for Director of National Intelligence James Clapper stated clearly that \u201cforeign adversaries did not use cyberattacks on election infrastructure to alter the U.S. Presidential election outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But two days later, on December 9, 2016, President Obama gathered top members of his national security team for a high-level meeting. Attendees included Clapper, CIA Director John Brennan, National Security Adviser Susan Rice, Secretary of State John Kerry, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following this meeting, an email from Clapper\u2019s executive assistant was sent to senior officials in the intelligence community. The email instructed them to prepare a new Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) \u201cper the President\u2019s request.\u201d The ICA would outline \u201cthe tools Moscow used and actions it took to influence the 2016 election,\u201d and would be led by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence with participation from the CIA, FBI, NSA, and Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Gabbard, this marked a turning point where previously consistent assessments were replaced by a politically driven narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next phase of the operation, Gabbard alleges, involved selective leaking to media outlets. That same day, The Washington Post published stories claiming that Russia had tried to interfere in the election, citing anonymous sources. One article reported that the CIA had \u201cconcluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency.\u201d These leaks came just days after the Obama administration had internally acknowledged there was no evidence of cyber interference altering the election outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The newly ordered ICA was released to the public on January 6, 2017, just two weeks before Trump\u2019s inauguration. This assessment claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin had directed efforts to help Trump defeat Clinton, based on \u201cfurther information\u201d that had come to light since the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Gabbard\u2019s report alleges that this \u201cfurther information\u201d was not intelligence in the traditional sense. Much of it came from the Steele Dossier, a collection of unverified and salacious claims compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele. The dossier was funded in part by the Clinton campaign and was already known within the intelligence community to be unreliable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe facts reveal this new assessment was based on information that was known by those involved to be manufactured,\u201d Gabbard said. \u201cThis was politicized intelligence that was used as the basis for countless smears seeking to delegitimize President Trump\u2019s victory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Trump responded quickly to the release, calling the actions \u201cdisgraceful\u201d and demanding full accountability. \u201cThey tried to destroy me and my family, and they must pay,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cThis wasn\u2019t just dirty politics. It was treason.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gabbard echoed that sentiment and emphasized the gravity of the situation. \u201cTheir egregious abuse of power and blatant rejection of our Constitution threatens the very foundation and integrity of our democratic republic,\u201d she said. \u201cNo matter how powerful, every person involved in this conspiracy must be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most of the officials named in the report, including James Clapper, John Brennan, and James Comey, have not commented publicly. Comey declined to respond. Critics have accused Gabbard of recycling conspiracy theories and trying to deflect attention from other scandals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rep. Jim Himes, a Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, dismissed the report. \u201cBaseless accusations of treason are unfortunately par for the course for this Director of National Intelligence,\u201d he said, accusing Gabbard of trying to \u201cchange the subject.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Gabbard defended her decision, saying the American people \u201cdeserve to know the truth\u201d and must hold those in power accountable, regardless of their political affiliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gabbard\u2019s release is more than a political attack. It is a direct challenge to how intelligence was used during one of the most turbulent transitions of power in U.S. history. By tracing a clear line from internal emails to media leaks to a public assessment built on discredited sources, the report raises serious questions about whether intelligence agencies were weaponized for political gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gabbard concluded her remarks by calling for a full investigation by the Department of Justice. \u201cThe future of our nation depends on it,\u201d she said. \u201cThe American people\u2019s faith and trust in our democratic republic must be restored.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NP Editor: <\/strong> Forget about Biden, Obama was the worst President in our lifetime. Not because he was incompetent, but because he was intelligent and capable and was actively working against the basic freedoms of the American Constitution. I firmly believe this, and America is the worse for his Presidency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Stunning Accusation from the Intelligence Community’s Top Official On July 18, 2025, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a bombshell report that accuses former President Barack Obama and senior officials in his administration of organizing a coordinated effort to undermine President Donald Trump\u2019s 2016 election victory and his ability to govern. Gabbard called it a \u201ctreasonous conspiracy\u201d and warned that this was not just about politics, but about a direct threat to the integrity of American democracy. \u201cThis […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-democrats","category-threat-to-america"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tulsigasdfa.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6306,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6304\/revisions\/6306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}