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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 19:58

The dossier was referenced in the intelligence assessment's main body text and further detailed in a two page assessment annex. John Brennan lied and he denied using this dossier in this intelligence assessment that President Obama ordered because he knew it was discredited. It was a politically motivated manufactured document. He directed senior CIA officials to use it anyway. (19:58–20:08)

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Asserts that John Brennan lied about using the discredited Steele dossier in the intelligence assessment.

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“The Intelligence Committee's oversight report reveals that CIA Director Brennan overruled senior CIA officers who challenged the Obama…”
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“There is irrefutable evidence that detail how President Obama and his national security team directed the creation of an intelligence…”
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“They [Russia] specifically withheld what they had on her [Hillary Clinton], the most damning information, because they thought that she…”
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“They manufactured findings from shoddy sources. They suppressed evidence and credible intelligence that disproved their false claims.”
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“They disobeyed traditional tradecraft intelligence community standards and withheld the truth from the American people.”
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“They conspired to subvert the will of the American people who elected Donald Trump in that election in November of 2016.”
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“There was a gross politicization and manipulation of intelligence by the Obama administration intended to delegitimize President Trump even…”
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“Putin's principal interests relating to the 2016 election were to undermine faith in the US democratic process, not show any preference of a…”
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“Putin held back from leaking compromising material on Hillary Clinton prior to the election, instead planning to release it after the…”
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“The intelligence community intentionally suppressed intelligence that showed Putin was saving the most damaging material that he had in his…”
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“The report goes into great detail about the information that Russia and Putin had which on Hillary Clinton, which included possible criminal…”
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“Then CIA Director Brennan and the intelligence community mischaracterized intelligence and relied on dubious substandard sources to create a…”
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“Brennan and the IC misled lawmakers by referencing the debunked Steele dossier to assess, quote unquote Russia's plans and intentions…”
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“The intelligence community excluded significant intelligence and ignored or selectively quoted reliable intelligence that contradicted the…”
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“The House Intelligence Committee Oversight report that we released today reveals that unlike routine intelligence community analysis, the…”
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“The production of this intelligence community assessment was subject to unusual directives directly from the President and senior political…”
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“The House Intelligence Committee Oversight Report also shows how later that Same day on December 9, Brennan ordered the publication of…”
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“The CIA and FBI, then led by John Brennan and James Comey, expressed high confidence in this judgment, while the NSA expressed moderate…”
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“The opposite is true with regards to the Steele dossier. We now know that one of the source documents that the Obama administration used in…”
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“John Brennan as CIA director stated in a memo to his agency staff in December of 2016 saying, quote, there is strong consensus among us on…”
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“The evidence that we have found and that we have released directly point to President Obama leading the manufacturing of this intelligence…”
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“The expressed intent and what followed afterward can only be described as a years long coup and a treasonous conspiracy against the American…”
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“President Obama directed an intelligence community assessment to be created to further this contrived false narrative that ultimately led to…”
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“We released them on Friday of last week, the first tranche, yes.”
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“President Trump faced many challenges from those who were working in the government who sought to undermine his presidency.”
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“The intelligence reflects Russia's motives were to try to sow discord and chaos within the US Election, which is a clear distinction from…”
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“Document alleges that Russia preferred Donald Trump and tried to help Donald Trump get elected.”
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“They didn't want President Trump to see a document that came from the intelligence community that would contradict the Russia hoax…”
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“Russia has took action to try to sow discord in the election, but showed no preference for or against any singular candidate.”
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“President Obama through his direction of this manufactured fish fake intelligence document, knowing that it was filled with lies.”
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“Additional whistleblowers are now coming forward because they see an opportunity for the truth to come to light.”
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