Gabbard refers Obama for prosecution but stops short of suggesting ‘treason’ charges

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard joined White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt at Wednesday’s briefing, during which she confirmed she has referred former President Barack Obama and several of his top aides to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution.

Earlier in the day, Gabbard published a previously classified report, authored in 2020 by the House Intelligence Committee, that alleged that Obama directed his intelligence team to publish an assessment that Russia sought to interfere in the 2016 election on President Donald Trump’s behalf despite the intelligence community’s assessment that it was not specifically backing the Republican nominee.

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