Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, accused the Obama administration on Sunday of “manufacturing” intel on Russian election interference. Gabbard, referencing documents that she recently declassified,

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard stated on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo that the Obama administration created "manufactured intelligence" to suggest Russian interference influenced President Donald Trump's 2016 election victory.

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.

The top US intelligence official declassified an email trove purporting to expose a Democratic conspiracy to cast doubt on Donald Trump’s 2016 election win, just as his team seeks to defuse criticism over its handling of files linked to financier Jeffrey Epstein.