Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has called for Barack Obama and former senior US national security officials to be prosecuted after accusing them of a “treasonous conspiracy” intended to show that Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential election win was due to Russian interference.

She said Obama and senior officials in his administration had “[laid] the groundwork for … a years-long coup” against Trump after his victory over Hillary Clinton by “manufacturing intelligence” to suggest that Russia had tried to influence the election. That included using a dossier prepared by a British intelligence analyst, Christopher Steele, that they knew to be unreliable, Gabbard claimed.

The post-election intelligence estimates contrasted with findings reached before the election, which indicated that Russia probably was not trying to interfere. In extraordinary comments calling for prosecutions, she added: “The information we are releasing today clearly shows there was a treasonous conspiracy in 2016 committed by officials at the highest level of our government.

  • Tulsi’s actions aside, a politician who has flip-flopped on every issue known to man, so no surprise, it is shocking to me to see so many defend Obama. He is a self-proclaimed ‘CENTRIST’, which is basically a republican-lite who governed as such. His campaign injected by money from bankers, which is why he bailed them out and left the working class homeless during the housing crisis. He was the king of drone-bombing during his reign, killing lots of innocent women and children, then in ironic and laughable fashion was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He created a healthcare system not on the backs of medicare like the progressives wanted, but built with the healthcare and insurance companies, which is why Obamacare today is as bad as it was before he created it, only now they force everyone into it else you get fined on your taxes. He was no working class hero, just another neo-liberal nightmare.

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      Jesus eye roll x100000

      • Bailing out the banks to avoid a financial collapse is the correct solution. It wasn’t Obama who allowed banks to become this careless with their money.

      • This drone bombing argument is a red flag you’re clueless about the entire presidency. Bush was getting soldiers killed, drone tech evolved. Why wouldn’t you use drones to reduce soldier’s casualties? 150,000 soldiers at the start of his presidency dropped to 20,000. Anyone who thinks Obama is a warmonger genuinely doesn’t remember Russia/Georgia and has no idea what they are talking about. At all.

      • His entire presidency was bogged down by Republican bullshit. Obamacare being the prime victim. This is not the Obamacare he wanted.

      You’re literally parroting Republican talking points and you’re obscenely incorrect about them.