Tulsi Gabbard: “The Obama directed assessment was published on January 6…”

“The Intelligence Committee's oversight report reveals that CIA Director Brennan overruled senior CIA officers who challenged the Obama ordered intelligence assessment stating, quote, we don't have direct information that Putin wanted to get Trump elected. Yet. The Obama directed assessment was published on January 6, 2017, which explicitly stated, quote, we assess Putin and the Russian government aspired to help President Elect Trump's election chances. when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him, end of quote. The CIA and FBI then led by John Brennan and James Comey, expressed high confidence in this judgment, while the NSA expressed moderate confidence.” (08:41–08:53)

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