Tulsi Gabbard Reacts To Obama's Comments Responding To Her 'Russiagate' Report

At today's White House press briefing, DNI Tulsi Gabbard responded to former President Obama's response to her "Russiagate" report.

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00:00A question for Director Gabbard.

00:01A spokesperson for former President Obama said in a statement earlier this week,

00:05quote, nothing in the documents issued last week undercuts the widely accepted conclusion

00:09that Russia worked to influence the 2016 election but did not successfully manipulate any votes.

00:15How do you respond to critics like former President Obama and also others on the Hill

00:20who say that the administration is conflating apples and oranges here,

00:24conflating allegations of actual hacking of voter machines and allegations of interference generally?

00:30I think it's a disservice to the American people that former President Obama's office

00:35and others who are criticizing the transparency that is being delivered by releasing these documents.

00:41They are doing a disservice to the American people and trying to deflect away from their culpability

00:46in what is a historic scandal and negative action towards the American people and our Democratic Republic.

00:55The answer to that statement can very clearly be found throughout all of the documents that we have released,

01:03again, showing that Russia has took action to try to sow discord in the election

01:09but showed no preference for or against any singular candidate.

01:14You've long been an opponent of weaponization in government.

01:19How do you respond to criticism that referring Obama administration officials

01:22and even potentially the former President is just more weaponization

01:26and this is a potential race to the bottom?

01:29I think that's a very disrespectful attack on the American people who deserve the truth.

01:34They deserve to have faith and trust in the integrity of our Democratic Republic,

01:39which has been undermined by President Obama through his direction of this manufactured fake intelligence document,

01:48knowing that it was filled with lies and knowing that it would and could then be used

01:53for all of the actions that came after.

01:56And I would just add, there needs to be accountability for that weaponization, Phil, that we've seen.

02:03And no one has been a victim of the weaponized government more than President Trump,

02:07not just because of this political scandal.

02:09You all recall his house was raided.

02:12So I think it's very disingenuous for people to say,

02:16how dare they speak of former President Obama about this based on evidence and based on intelligence

02:21when the former President of the United States, Donald Trump's, home was raided,

02:25when he was forced to sit in a Manhattan courtroom and many other courtrooms across the country

02:29for crimes he never committed when he was impeached and indicted

02:33and the entire country witnessed that.

02:35That's the weaponization of justice.

02:37Now the President is back because the American people see the truth.

02:40Nearly 80 million Americans re-elected him back to this office

02:42and he believes that we need to have justice and accountability.

02:45And I think the nearly 80 million Americans who re-elected him agree with that.

02:49Caitlin.