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Tulsi Gabbard's desperate distraction attempt

By Zeeshan Aleem

Tulsi Gabbard's desperate distraction attempt

By Zeeshan Aleem

As President Donald Trump tries to quiet a rebellion from his own base over this administration's decision to withhold the Epstein files, his Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is going on offense.

 

Through memos and documents released both last week and this week, Gabbard is attempting to advance the claim that officials in former President Barack Obama's administration engaged in a "treasonous conspiracy" and "coup" attempt in 2016 by allegedly doctoring intelligence assessments that Russia sought to tip the election in favor of Trump, all with the purported goal of destroying Trump politically. Gabbard has recommended criminal charges, including against Obama himself.

 

Gabbard's new story that the Obama administration committed treason is nonsense, and while the reports bring some new information to light about the intelligence operations in 2016, they don't dislodge the many well-substantiated assessments indicating Russia intervened in 2016 to hurt Clinton and boost Trump. The timing of the release does suggests that Gabbard is scrambling to find some way to satisfy people in the MAGA base hungry for a new conspiracy theory as the administration tries to leave the Epstein story behind.

 

This is a preview of Zeeshan Aleem's latest column. Read the full column here.

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