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Karoline Leavitt: “The President has made it clear that he wanted these…”

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Karoline Leavitt and Tulsi Gabbard Address Allegations of Obama Administration's Role in Russia Collusion Narrative

Published July 23, 2025 | Video Starts at 45:17

… the time, Durham, when that Supreme Court matter was not in effect, could have charged anyone and did not. So on those two points, how do you respond? Ms. Look, The President has made it clear that he wanted these documents to be declassified. He wanted the American people to see the truth. And now he wants those who perpetuated these lies and this scandal to be held accountable. (45:17–45:22)

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“Since the President has taken office, our economy has added nearly 700,000 new jobs, with native born American workers accounting for all…”
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“He signed the largest tax cuts for the middle class in American history, including no tax on tips, overtime and Social Security.”
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“He has ended Biden's illegal alien invasion and for two months in a row, zero illegal aliens were released into our country.”
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“He obliterated Iran's nuclear program to end the war between Israel and Iran.”
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“Got NATO members to raise their defense spending to 5% of GDP.”
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“The president got Japan to commit to $550 billion in investments to revitalize American industries.”
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“The US will retain 90% of the profits from any investments made by this $550 billion fund.”
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“President Trump will announce a bold and comprehensive AI action plan to sustain and enhance America's global AI dominance.”
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“President Trump secured and announced three major trade deals with the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan all in one day.”
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“Core inflation is currently at its lowest level in four years and prices for everyday goods are falling.”
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“U.S. oil and natural gas production are now surging and summer gas prices reached their lowest level since 2021.”
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“He just signed the largest military investment in decades to modernize our armed forces with cutting edge technology.”
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“Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has unveiled shocking new evidence that former President Barack Obama and top aides in the…”
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“There was no collusion, no corruption, except on the part of Barack Obama and the weaponized intelligence agencies at the time.”
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“The Russia hoax was a blatant lie, all ginned up by Democrat political operatives that were signed off on by then President Obama.”
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“The intel community did not have any direct information that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to help elect President Trump in 2016.”
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“Russia was actively preparing for a Hillary Clinton victory, but at the unusual direction of Barack Obama.”
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“The intel community published implausible intelligence and suggesting otherwise [to sabotage the incoming president].”
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“Reporters at legacy outlets, some of which are sitting in this room today, like the New York Times and the Washington Post, were…”
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“Many of the people who perpetuated this Hoax, Clapper, Andy McCabe, James Comey and many others have been hired by major networks.”
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“The entire Trump won presidency was embroiled in this scandal that was perpetuated by the Democrat Party.”
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“Nearly 80 million Americans reelected him back to the office.”
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“We found irrefutable evidence of Russia meddling, which the Director of National Intelligence just confirmed for all of you.”
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“We discovered deeply troubling actions taken by the FBI under Comey, particularly their acceptance and willingness to rely on the Steele…”
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“The Steele dossier that many outlets in this room ran as the gospel truth, and it was cooked up and paid for by the Clinton campaign.”
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“Japan will now pay a 15% tariff versus the reciprocal rate of 24% that they initially had.”
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“Auto and auto parts tariffs have been reduced to 15%.”
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“This was originally a $400 billion investment that President Trump then negotiated to an increase of 150 billion, making it a $550 billion…”
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“Japan has agreed to open their markets to many very key sectors and American made products that have really faced very strict tariff and non…”
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“The president has ensured that we have a good continuing working relationship with China that benefits the United States.”
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“Special Envoy Wykoff is headed to Europe where he will meet with key leaders from the Middle east to discuss the ongoing ceasefire proposal…”
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“We have made commitments on various sectoral tariffs.”
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“The administration is actively monitoring the situation and engaged.”
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“The President has always maintained he's the commander in chief and the president for a reason, and he has been deeply involved in this…”
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“The Department of Justice has moved forward with the request to unseal that grand jury testimony.”
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“Obama and his cronies were doing that the whole time in 2016 on a massive scale, falsifying documents and having their intel agencies do…”
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“The declassification of all of these documents proves that they were indeed the true threat to democracy.”
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