Donald Trump’s intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard ranted about a “coup” supposedly launched by Barack Obama at a White House briefing on Wednesday as the Trump administration returns to the “Russiagate” investigation as a lifeline for an embattled president.

The director of national intelligence has intensified attacks on assessments about Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election.

The director of national intelligence called it the “most egregious weaponization and politicization of intelligence in American history.”

The White House disputed that Trump's director of intelligence was declassifying information to boost her own internal standing.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said that the trove of documents the Trump administration has recently declassified allegedly show "gross politicization and manipulation of intelligence by the Obama administration.

Sen. Marco Rubio in 2020 concluded there were “extensive” efforts by the Kremlin to meddle in America’s 2016 election.

The director of national intelligence claims intelligence officials in the Obama administration distorted claims about the 2016 election.

RCP's Phil Wegmann asked Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard during Wednesday's WH briefing to comment on the response from President Obama's office to her report that he tried to engineer a "coup" against President Trump after the 2016 election.

The U.S. intelligence community in 2017 said Russia had interfered in the 2016 U.S. election and sought to hurt Clinton while trying to help Trump.

A spokesperson for Obama denounced Trump's claims, saying "these bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction."

The DOJ confirmed it has received DNI Tulsi Gabbard's criminal referral related to her claims that Obama-era officials "manufactured" intelligence related to the Russia collusion hoax.