Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, has declassified a House Intelligence report that had been secured in a CIA safe for years, revealing new information about the 2016 US presidential election interference allegations. The report challenges the widely held narrative that Russian President Vladimir Putin aspired to help Donald Trump win the election, stating this claim was based on a single sentence from an unreliable CIA report. Gabbard and the White House have accused former President Barack Obama and senior officials in his administration of fabricating a false conspiracy regarding Russian interference. The documents suggest that the real collusion involved Obama and the Hillary Clinton campaign, who allegedly promoted Russian disinformation to smear Trump as a traitor. These revelations have led to calls for criminal charges against Obama. The White House spokesperson Caroline Leavitt and Gabbard have both been involved in presenting this information, which has reignited debate over the origins of the Russia investigation and the 2016 election interference claims.