Washington DC, July 23 -- Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, on Wednesday released a slew of documents that she said implicate members of the Obama administration for weaponising US intelligence.

Gabbard said that Obama promoted lies that Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian government helped US President Donald Trump win the 2016 election.

In a post on X, she said, "New evidence has emerged of the most egregious weaponization and politicization of intelligence in American history. Per President Donald Trump's directive, I have declassified a House Intelligence Committee oversight majority staff report that exposes how the Obama Administration manufactured the January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment...