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Tulsi Gabbard calls for Obama to be prosecuted over 2016 election claims (www.theguardian.com)

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Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has called for Barack Obama and former senior US national security officials to be prosecuted after accusing them of a “treasonous conspiracy” intended to show that Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential election win was due to Russian interference.

She said Obama and senior officials in his administration had “[laid] the groundwork for … a years-long coup” against Trump after his victory over Hillary Clinton by “manufacturing intelligence” to suggest that Russia had tried to influence the election. That included using a dossier prepared by a British intelligence analyst, Christopher Steele, that they knew to be unreliable, Gabbard claimed.

The post-election intelligence estimates contrasted with findings reached before the election, which indicated that Russia probably was not trying to interfere. In extraordinary comments calling for prosecutions, she added: “The information we are releasing today clearly shows there was a treasonous conspiracy in 2016 committed by officials at the highest level of our government.

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[–] S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

As the Epstein shit does not gets away you can expect even more lunacy to be thrown around.

[–] kingofras@lemmy.world 10 points 22 hours ago

Yes and we have a responsibility too. Don’t post the obvious distractions. If it is posted, don’t upvote, and if you can downvote. This is why he’s so annoyed. The distractions aren’t working. And we have to keep the focus on the hill he can die on (even if it eludes most of us how he didn’t die on it much much earlier).

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 17 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Tulsi Gabbard must be tried for being a traitor and conspiracy to subvert democracy. If found guilty she ought to be drawn and quartered.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 11 points 22 hours ago

Also, what findings showed that Russia was not trying to interfere?

There were tons of of online campaigns to sway voters, especially on Facebook.

The had (still have, iirc) people in the nra and other lobbying groups.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 9 points 22 hours ago

Idiot Junior tweeted his own e-mails arranging quid-pro-quo interference for sanctions relief.

Multiple campaign managers were Russian agents. That's not an accusation: they're now registered under FARA.

The day after The Idiot fired Comey, he had a private Oval Office meeting with Russian spies. No American media was present. No American media was informed. We only know about them laughing it up thanks to the Russian photographers releasing the proof.

I miss when there was an argument worth having.