Karoline Leavitt: “The intel community did not have any direct information that…”

“Thanks to additional important work done by CIA Director Ratcliffe, Committee Chairman Rick Crawford over the past few months, a newly declassified 2020 report prepared by the House Permanent Select Committee Committee on Intelligence, which DNI Director Gabbard has declassified, found that The intel community did not have any direct information that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to help elect President Trump 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 and suggesting otherwise.” (08:49–09:00)

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