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Tulsi Gabbard: “I was certain... that it was politically motivated.”

Featuring: Tulsi Gabbard, Republican | Director of National Intelligence

DNI Gabbard Joins Pod Force One with Miranda Devine | August 5, 2025

Published December 19, 2025 | Video Starts at 25:44

Yeah. Yes, she found a way to exactly her revenge, as I believe that was Hillary directing that. I hadn't heard that account before. I, I was certain... that it was politically motivated. Yeah. There was no other explanation for it, other, other than that when I spoke to TSA agents in multiple airports who were just doing their jobs, but who, as … (25:44–25:48)

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“Some numbers point to 20 million people who came into our country illegally over the last four years.”
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“I think in most debates I had a total of 6 minutes of time total to speak to the American people.”
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“ABC, CBS and NBC spent a total of 2,284 minutes covering this Russia hoax.”
DNI Gabbard Joins Pod Force One with Miranda Devine | August 5, 2025 | Uploaded December 19, 2025 | 1:16:47-1:16:57
“They have devoted only 2 minutes and 17 seconds on the disclosures over these last couple of weeks.”
DNI Gabbard Joins Pod Force One with Miranda Devine | August 5, 2025 | Uploaded December 19, 2025 | 1:16:57-1:17:07
“The Office of the Director of National Intelligence was created in the wake of the failures around the horrific terrorist attack on…”
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“This office really exists to be an oversight element over the 18 different intelligence elements that exist within the US government.”
DNI Gabbard Joins Pod Force One with Miranda Devine | August 5, 2025 | Uploaded December 19, 2025 | 01:10-01:18
“Finding the truth in this case focused on election integrity and specifically around this whole Russia hoax narrative that really consumed…”
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“They [Democrats] didn't care and don't care about the safety of our country.”
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“President Obama ordered this January 2017 intelligence community assessment to be produced.”
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“President Obama...launching what we now know came from President Obama was a covert mission essentially to subvert the will of the American…”
DNI Gabbard Joins Pod Force One with Miranda Devine | August 5, 2025 | Uploaded December 19, 2025 | 04:29-13:06
“He [James Clapper] writes about it in his book, saying that he and his team of intelligence analysts created something that was not there.”
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“The language that was used in providing those tasks to the intelligence community from then Obama's DNI, James Clapper, is very significant…”
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“The Steele dossier as one of the sources, as though it was credible, even though the FBI and those involved, John Brennan and James Clapper…”
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“Her [Hillary Clinton's] decisions, her advice, her engagements... made our country less safe.”
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“President Trump went through hell and his family because of this Russia hoax that was manufactured by President Obama and his…”
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“We saw, you know, the years long Mueller investigation, two impeachments from Congress, the Mar A Lago raid on his home by the FBI.”
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“Hillary Clinton's emails were deleted just in time.”
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“Hillary herself approved one of these plans that was put forward again before her to heighten tensions around this Russia hoax.”
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“These documents also show that President Obama was briefed on this before the election.”
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“This lie was created by President Obama and his administration.”
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“Hillary Clinton, as I said then, is the Queen of warmongers.”
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“The scales were being tilted heavily for Hillary Clinton by then DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz.”
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“The mainstream media was complicit in [tilting the scales for Hillary Clinton].”
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“I resigned as vice chair of the DNC at the time and endorsed Bernie Sanders.”
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“My husband was also placed on this domestic terror watch list.”
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“The air marshals... had to surveil me and follow me.”
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“Many Americans have been targeted either for political reasons or for no reason at all.”
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“Experiencing what is essentially illegal and unconstitutional surveillance by the government.”
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“The government and the intelligence is being weaponized against me.”
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“What happens to that mom or to that dad who stands up and speaks the truth and then is labeled a domestic violent extremist by the Biden…”
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“The Democratic Party used to be the party that really championed free speech.”
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“The overarching message [of the Democratic Party] is comply or else.”
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“Both of us came to our own decisions to endorse President Trump in the 2024 election.”
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“The president is delivering on his promises.”
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“The Democratic Party has become more and more unrecognizable to me now.”
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“The Democratic Party is not rooted in the constitution.”
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“We have people in the Democratic Party, almost everyone who accepts this or promotes it and propagates that there is no such thing as a man…”
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“They let in tens of millions of people without knowing who they are.”
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“There are known and suspected terrorists... who came in with that flood of open borders.”
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“We work very closely with the Department of Homeland Security... to identify them [terrorists].”
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“James Clapper was on the team that created that manufactured intelligence assessment that led to the Iraq war about the Iraq WMDs.”
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“When you look at his actions then, and you look at his actions in 2016, as the, as Obama's Director of National Intelligence, you see…”
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“Attorney General Pam Bondi has created a strike force team in order to look at [the issue of accountability for intelligence manipulation].”
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“We are uncovering names of people who were involved with this Russia hoax, this manufactured intelligence document.”
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“We are working towards making change, institutional change, and this is a major area of focus for me.”
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“This is a major area of focus for me, institutional change that will undo the infrastructure that people like John Brennan and James Clapper…”
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“He was told by his superior, who was one of James Clapper's people, basically, that if you want to get promoted, you have to agree [with the…”
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“He tried to reach out to the Special Counsel Durham's office because he was told, hey, the only way you can do this is if you call the DOJ…”
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“In a John Brennan politicized intelligence community, he created an environment where you have intelligence analysts who believe that they…”
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“The CIA, again, when you look at John Brennan's CIA, there's a lot of work that needs, that needs to be done there.”
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“A lot of work under James Comey's FBI that needs to be done there.”
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“When you look at the NSA as a powerful, powerful intelligence agency.”
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“The Supreme Court ruled on parents having the right to say, no, I don't want my child reading these highly sexualized books within school…”
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“I did not have the confidence in [the candidates running for president] to be my commander in chief.”
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“I really believe in the power of the people and, and really felt from the outset, at least I will have as fair a shot as any one of them…”
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“There was an NBC story that came out. They weren't planning on publishing it until a week later because they'd asked, oh, well, what do…”
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“It was the beginnings of Tulsi Gabbard is a Russian Asset.”
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“Learned some pretty important lessons about our democratic process and how a lot of decisions were being made behind the curtains about who…”
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“Obama directed National Security Council meeting [was leaked to the media].”
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“Mainstream media outlets printed exactly what they were told to print without any kind of vetting.”
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“Ellen Nakashima from the Washington Post... won a Pulitzer Prize.”
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“ABC's Good Morning America, CBS Morning, NBC's. Their morning shows combined 3 minutes and 30 seconds [of coverage].”
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“Senior CIA officials saying, we told John Brennan this is false. This is discredited intelligence. You can't use this.”
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“President Trump's leadership, very precise leadership, is what led to the success of that operation.”
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“President Trump made very clear from the outset he had a very specific objective, which unfortunately, a lot of previous presidents don't…”
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“Because it wasn't just New Jersey. It was happening in different parts of the country.”
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“The mainstream media's sudden obsession with [the Epstein story] that none of them covered or asked President Biden about during his entire…”
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“This lie that was created by President Obama and his team that really threatens the integrity of our Democratic Republic.”
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“It resulted in what was essentially and resulted intentionally in what was a years-long coup.”
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“The mainstream media chooses not to cover it because it is inconvenient for what they are trying to do, which is to continuously try to do…”
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