DNI Gabbard Releases Declassified Report on 2016 Intelligence Assessment

Name: "DNI Gabbard Releases Declassified Report on 2016 Intelligence Assessment"
Uploaded: 2025-07-23
Duration: 1 min 40 s
Description: "Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced on July 23, 2025 the release of a declassified September 2020 House oversight majority staff report, saying it shows the Obama administration directed creation of an intelligence assessment it knew was false about Russian election interference."

July 23, 2025 · The White House · 0:01:40

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What happened

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced the release of a declassified oversight majority staff report produced in September 2020. Gabbard said the revelations should concern every American and framed the issue as one of the integrity of the democratic republic and voters’ faith that their votes count, not a partisan matter.

Gabbard said there is irrefutable evidence that President Obama and his national security team directed the creation of an intelligence community assessment they knew was false, promoting a contrived narrative that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win. She said the report details how findings were manufactured from shoddy sources, evidence and credible intelligence that disproved the claims were suppressed, tradecraft standards were disobeyed, and the truth was withheld from the American people.

Gabbard said those involved conspired to subvert the will of the voters who elected Trump in November 2016 and worked with media partners to promote the narrative, ultimately undermining Trump’s legitimacy and launching what she called a years-long coup against him and his administration. She said the American people deserve the truth, accountability, and justice.

Why it matters

The declassification is the intelligence community’s most direct official accusation against the prior administration’s handling of the 2016 assessment, and Gabbard’s accountability language sets expectations for follow-on referrals or prosecutions.

Sources: The White House, “DNI Director Tulsi Gabbard on the Russia Hoax: “There is irrefutable evidence…””, 2025-07-23 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-07-23). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.