Former CIA officer refutes Gabard's statements about the Russian electoral influence

Former CIA officer refutes Gabard's statements about the Russian electoral influence

The former CIA officer Susan Miller, who is working on the intelligence report of the 2017 about the Russian interference in the elections, has announced that against possible criminal complaints of the Trump Administration .

allegations by Tulsi Gabbard

The director of the national secret services, Tulsi Gabbard, has accused Obama administration of manipulating the intelligence report. This report found that Russia tried to influence the 2016 presidential election to support Donald Trump. Gabard announced that she has forwarded criminal information to the Ministry of Justice.

fighting spirit and determination

"My team and I only had a few drinks yesterday and talked about which lawyers we would be looking for if that happens," said Miller in an interview with Kaitlan Collins from CNN in the program "The Source" on Friday. "But I'll fight until the end," she added.

Resistance to Gabard's accusations

In her answer to Gabbard's accusations, Miller said that nobody, including the then President Barack Obama or the then CIA director John Brennan, told her team what result you should achieve in your report. "Under no circumstances," she emphasized, adding that she and her team had terminated if they were exposed to such pressure.

sound knowledge

Miller explained that the information that led to its conclusion were "extremely well -founded and verified". She also noted that her team also laid Trump.

Steele dossier and his credibility

she emphasized that the knowledge of the report "not" was based on the so-called Steele dossier, which was added as an appendix. This controversial dossier was written by the former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele and financed by Hillary Clinton's election campaign. A cooperation between the Russian government and people from Trump's election campaign claimed, although the ultimate credibility of the dossier was limited.

uncertainty about the success of the interference

Although Miller's team was "100% found" that Russia had tried to influence the 2016 elections, it is unclear whether Moscow's efforts were actually successful. "But the quintessence is, yes, they have tried to influence. No, it is not possible to say whether this worked, unless we ask every voter, why he chose. And from our point of view our president is," she said to Cnn.

reaction of the White House

In a statement, the White House praised and described the intelligence report from 2017 as well as its results as “total fraud and political witch trial to undermine President Trump's historical first term.”

warning of Gabard's attacks

"I think that is wrong in every respect," said Miller in an interview with CNN and warned of Gabard's attacks on the report and its findings. "What Tulsi says is: 'We just want to hear everything that Pro-Trump and Pro-Trump policy ... Pro-Aktuelle Republican Party comes from our secret services, and if we hear something that does not match with it.' And that's exactly how it feels. And what analyst wants to set its name on any paper today?"

Finding truth and analytical integrity

Miller assured that she and her team had said the truth and provided well -researched information. "We looked at everything, and now we are told that we somehow did wrong, we would not have involved analysts, although three members of my team were analysts. We had rigid analytical reviews by our head of the analysis at the time. That just doesn't make sense for me. It is really sad," concluded.

To this report, Alejandra Jaramillo and Jeremy Herb from CNN also carried.