The Department of Justice is now expected to review the documents, the possibility of renewed investigations or even prosecutions at the highest levels, all the way to Obama, looms.
In a political firestorm that’s reigniting debate over the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified a trove of documents she says prove senior Obama-era officials deliberately weaponized U.S. intelligence to undermine President Donald Trump and the will of the American people.
Gabbard, speaking on Hannity, accused former President Barack Obama and top members of his national security team—including James Comey, John Brennan, James Clapper, and Susan Rice—of masterminding what she described as a “treasonous conspiracy” to delegitimize Trump’s presidency before it even began.
“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,” Gabbard said.
“Their goal was to subvert the will of the American people and enact what was essentially a years-long coup.”