DNI Tulsi Gabbard released documents and a memo Friday detailing a “years-long coup” against Donald Trump after he defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Over the weekend, Gabbard told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo the actions of the Obama administration after the 2016 election were “nothing short of historic.”
“The implications of this are, frankly, nothing short of historic,” Gabbard told Bartiromo. “Over a hundred documents that we released on Friday really detail and provide evidence of how this treasonous conspiracy was directed by President Obama just weeks before he was due to leave office after President Trump had already gotten elected. This is not a Democrat or Republican issue, this is an issue that is so serious it should concern every single American because it has to do with the integrity of our democratic republic.”
“What we saw occur here, as the documents we released detailed, was that we had a sitting president of the United States and his cabinet and leadership team, quite frankly who were not happy with the fact that President Trump had won the election, that the American people had chosen Donald J. Trump to be the next president, commander in chief of the United States, and so they decided that they would do everything possible to try to undermine his ability to do what voters tasked President Trump to do,” Gabbard continued. “So, creating this piece of manufactured intelligence that claims that Russia had helped Donald Trump get elected, contradicted every other assessment that had been made previously in the months leading up to the election that said exactly the opposite, that Russia neither had the intent nor the capability to, quote-unquote, hack the United States election for the presidency of the United States.”
Christopher Steele, a former British spy, authored the discredited dossier that played a central role in the FBI’s investigation of the 2016 Trump campaign for alleged collusion with Russia. The unverified claims in the dossier were also key to securing FISA warrants against former Trump aide Carter Page.
In a May 2023 report, Special Counsel John Durham found the FBI relied on “uncorroborated intelligence” to justify its probe and failed to verify Steele’s claims. FBI analyst Brian Auten testified in 2022 that the bureau offered Steele $1 million to substantiate the dossier — but he never did.
“The effect of what President Obama and his senior national security team did was subvert the will of the American people, undermining our democratic republic and enacting what would be, essentially, a years-long coup against President Trump, who was duly elected by the American people,” Gabbard said.
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🚨IMPORTANT: Watch every second of this. @TulsiGabbard is making it abundantly clear that ACCOUNTABILITY to be delivered to the American people over the Russiagate scandal:
"Accountability is essential for the future of our country."
"For the American people to have any sense… pic.twitter.com/dJc2XIL2tK
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) July 20, 2025
Gabbard also appeared on Hannity recently to discuss the Deep State war against Trump.
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This is possibly the most alarming act of treason since the Lincoln assassination. For an outgoing president to engineer a coup against a succeeding president is unthinkable in America.
I knew Tulsi Gabbard would be the most effective Cabinet member. pic.twitter.com/VMSvFAN2Oi
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) July 19, 2025
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