Political controversy erupted on Friday, July 18, when Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a declassified report accusing former President Barack Obama and key figures in his administration of orchestrating a “treasonous conspiracy” to undermine Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential victory.

Top officials from former President Barack Obamaʼs administration suppressed a key intelligence assessment in December 2016 that concluded Russia had not interfered with voting systems or altered the outcome of the presidential election,

James Clapper, a former Director of National Intelligence under the Obama administration, was informed by the nonprofit dog-training group that his name had been taken off the list one day before the

National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard is making waves after calling for former President Barack Obama and several senior national security officials from his administration to face prosecution, accusing them of engaging in what she describes as a “treasonous conspiracy” tied to Donald Trump’s 2016 election win.