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Karoline Leavitt: “A newly declassified 2020 report...found that the intel…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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DNI Gabbard Remarks at White House Press Briefing with Karoline Leavitt | July 23, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 02:55

Now we have even more damning evidence implicating those who tried to sabotage a duly elected President and did grave material harm to our Republic, thanks to additional important work done by CIA Director Ratcliffe Committee Chairman Rick Crawford. Over the past few months, A newly declassified 2020 report...found that the intel community did not have any direct information that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to help elect President Trump in 2016. in 2016. And in fact, Russia was actively preparing for a Hillary Clinton victory. But at the unusual direction of Barack Obama. At the time, the intel community published implausible intelligence suggesting otherwise. (02:55–03:16)

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Asserts that there was no direct intel that Putin wanted to help Trump in 2016.

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