Tulsi Gabbard just lobbed another fantasy grenade, insisting that President Obama ordered the intelligence community to “create and manufacture intelligence.” Spoiler alert: that never happened. Below is the real timeline, stripped of spin, dripping with receipts, and it proves she is, to borrow her own earthy style, full of sh-t.
December 2016
The Classified Intel Assessment Gabbard Says Was “Covered Up”
Who wrote it? Senior analysts from the CIA and FBI.
What it really said:
Russian operatives breached voter-registration and election-related systems in all fifty states.
No evidence any votes or vote-tallying machines were altered.
Vladimir Putin wanted Donald Trump to win—and, when Hillary Clinton seemed inevitable, the Kremlin pivoted to simply damage her future presidency.
The GRU hacked the DNC and John Podesta, then laundered the loot through Guccifer 2.0 and WikiLeaks.
This product was classified for a reason: it revealed sources, methods, and ongoing investigations. Keeping it within the secure bubble wasn’t a “cover-up”; it was basic national-security hygiene.
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January 6, 2017
The Declassified Public Report Gabbard Calls “Manufactured”
Alarmed by Moscow’s brazenness, Obama asked the CIA, FBI, and NSA to prepare an unclassified brief for the American people. The result echoed the earlier assessment—minus sensitive details:
Putin personally directed the operation to help Trump, hurt Clinton, and erode faith in U.S. democracy.
Tactics catalogued: cyber intrusions, strategic leaks, and an industrial-scale social-media troll farm.
Still zero evidence of altered vote tallies.
In other words, the January report was not conjured from thin air; it was the declassified sibling of the December memo.
What Both Reports Agreed On
Putin was the quarterback of the interference campaign.
Russia’s goal was to boost Trump and kneecap Clinton.
Tools of choice: hacking, leaks, disinformation.
No proof of vote manipulation.
If that is a “cover-up,” then I’m the Easter Bunny.
Why Tulsi’s Claim Collapses
She pretends the December assessment was hidden forever—yet members of both parties in Congress were briefed on its core findings before the Electoral College even met.
She accuses Obama of “manufacturing” intelligence, but the January brief simply removed classified details, then said the same thing in plainer English.
She ignores that every relevant agency head, Obama-appointed and Trump-appointed alike, has reaffirmed the conclusions.
The Bottom Line
Tulsi Gabbard is peddling a recycled conspiracy theory that wilts under the faintest daylight. Obama never cooked the books. He asked the experts to tell Americans what Russia did, without handing Moscow a roadmap to our cyber defenses. The December and January reports march in lockstep, proving that the only thing “manufactured” here is Gabbard’s outrage.
Call it out today, call it out tomorrow, call it out until the misinformation machine throws a rod, because facts still matter, and this whopper is pure, unadulterated poop.
I wouldn’t believe anything from Russian asset Tulsi. Another Trump Barbi.
When does it become the appropriate & mandatory time that those whose actions are blatantly fantasized & lied about by Tulsi & others in power are hit with immediate, consequential $$ liable or defamation suits by those they’ve made up these lies about? Threats of bringing consistent fire of truth & threat of big $$ will slowly but surely work to slow this ridiculous MAGA propaganda.