Tulsi Gabard and the reinterpretation of the 2016 electoral history

Tulsi Gabard and the reinterpretation of the 2016 electoral history

The director of the national secret services informed the Americans this week that the generally known view of the 2016 elections is not correct. The US intelligence agencies, a cross-party review of the Senate and the Mueller and Durham report have carried out examinations for years. These came to the conclusion that Russia intervened in the elections and presented Donald Trump Hillary Clinton.

Gabard's controversial claims

in Tulsi Gabard's representation is the idea that Russia was manipulated and Trump favored, a narrative that emerged from a conspiracy that was launched by the then President Barack Obama to undermine Trump from the start. Trump obviously agreed to Gabard's perspective, although there are no evidence that support their claims.

indictment for treason?

Although both Trump and Gabard claim that Obama could be guilty of the Hochgerrat, they ignore the fact that this is a criminal act that can be punished with the death penalty. Both leave it to General Prosecutor Pam Bondi to clarify the legal effects.

Obama's answer to the allegations

Obama has rejected the allegations that contradict the documented facts and published a rare explanation in which he condemns Gabbard's spectacular claims. In order to better understand the facts, I turned to cnns jeremy herb . Our conversation, which took place by email, can be found below.

Gabard's perspective on the 2016 elections

Wolf: Tulsi Gabbard and Donald Trump seem to try to shoot the history of the 2016 elections. What is the general accusation?

Herb: Trump, Gabbard and her conservative allies claim that after the 2016 elections, President Barack Obama instructed the US secret services to create an assessment of Russian election fraud in order to undermine Trump's legitimacy before taking office. Gabard accuses the Obama administration of "producing" the information in January 2017's report, which says that Russia has interfered in the elections to support Trump. Both you and Trump have indicated obvious connections to treason.

What do the evidence of 2016?

wolf: What do we actually know about what happened in 2016?

Herb: The assessment of the secret services published after the 2016 elections documented Russia's efforts to interfere in the elections. The unclassified report was published in January 2017 and describes both a social media influence campaign as well as cyber operations such as hacking and strategic publication by Democrats by Wikileaks. The assessment came to several conclusions, including:

• Russia's President Vladimir Putin ordered a campaign to undermine the trust in the democratic process and to damage Hillary Clinton.
• Putin and the Russian government showed a clear preference for Trump.
• Putin sought to support Trump in the elections.

why Gabard's claims are not conclusive

wolf: There is evidence that prove what Trump and Gablbard claim?

Herb: There is enough evidence, even in the documents that Gablbard has published so far. Gabard has exposed two document rates. She claimed that the first sentence that was published last week was evidence that the secret services were found before the Obama's assessment that Russia had not hacked the election infrastructure. However, this was not the statement by the secret services; They believed that Russia carried out an influence and hacker campaign to influence voters.

Where do the documents that Gabbard published?

Wolf: Who wrote this report by the House Intelligence Committee from 2017 that Gablbard published? Why was he not published before?

Herb: Trump's allies in the congress have tried to publish this report for years. He was written by Republicans during Trump's first term when the committee was led by former MP Devin Nunes. The confidentiality level of the material contained therein was so high that the CIA only allowed employees and legislators to see it at the CIA headquarters. The report was only published with great difficulties because it contained information that increased the risk of endangering sources and methods.

What do the reports on the influence of Russia on the 2016 elections?

Wolf: There were many reports that support the widespread opinion that Russia intervened in 2016 to help Trump. Which are the most important?

Herb: The Senate Intelligence Committee has also spent several years to examine the Russian election. The Senate found that the judgments of the secret services were well justified and there were no significant analytical procedures.

Trump and his promises of investigations

wolf: The president has announced investigations in the past that have not led to large anti-trump disruptions. Would this also happen here?

Herb: On Wednesday evening, Bondi announced a working group that would devote itself to the investigation of the documents published by Gabard and their claims that the Obama administration "made" evidence of Russia's influence. However, it is impossible to say whether these investigations will provide new knowledge or criminal charges. The previous documents do not seem to contain anything, which is fundamentally questioned by the assessment of the secret services of 2017 or the fact that Russia interfered in the 2016 elections.

The Steele dossier and his role

wolf: What about the dossier? Was it part of this secret service assessment and the latest allegations?

Herb: A summary of the notorious dossier of the British intelligence officer Christopher Steele was added as an appendix to assess the secret services in January 2017. The inclusion of the dossier in the assessment is a reason why Trump and his allies are so critical of the assessment of the secret services. However, studies have shown that the dossier had no influence on the analysis in the assessment.

What do the evidence of Trump's 2016 and Russia campaign say?

wolf: Trump has repeated the term "Russia conspiracy" so often that he will remember people. But there were many documented connections between Russians and Trump's campaign in the Mueller report. Is that politically risky for Trump to lit the elections again in 2016?

Herb: Trump and its allied companies for years Attemifications to discredit all attempts to connect Russia's influence with Trump. Although many investigations have documented that Russia actually intervened, ignore Trump's repeated claims and have a view of important evidence.