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Tulsi Gabbard: “The language that was used in providing those tasks to the…”

Featuring: Tulsi Gabbard, Republican | Director of National Intelligence

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

Published | Video Starts at 04:47

And this he made, he directed this order in, in early December, after President Trump had won the election, and in. An oval office meeting, December 9, 2016. And The language that was used in providing those tasks to the intelligence community from then Obama's DNI, James Clapper, is very significant because it doesn't ask the question, did Russia try to help Trump win this election? It was detail how Moscow tried to influence the election in favor of Donald Trump. So it presumes the conclusion and drives the conclusion that President Obama wanted to see. (04:47–05:15)

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