The Trump administration is trying to discredit the intelligence community's 2016 assessment

that concluded Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an operation to interfere in the U.S.

election that year with the intent of helping elect Donald Trump.

Contrary to intelligence findings, President Trump and his aides allege a broad conspiracy by the Obama White House to

subvert Trump's win, and they allege what they call a years-long coup against Mr. Trump.

The Justice Department announced last week it has created a so-called strike force to look into

legal steps against former President Obama and intelligence officials who served in his administration.

There is irrefutable evidence that detail how President Obama and his national security team

directed the creation of an intelligence community assessment that they knew was false.

An intelligence report written nearly a decade ago, back in the spotlight. Director of

National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard last week took aim and looked to cast doubt on the

intelligence community assessment ordered by then President Barack Obama after Donald Trump

won the 2016 presidential election. President Trump now relitigating the 2016 campaign and seeking to undermine

the assessment while facing ongoing questions about the Jeffrey Epstein case. The report's purpose

to document what was known about how and why Russia interfered to help Mr. Trump win. An unclassified

version of the report concluded Russian President

Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 to undermine public faith in the U.S.

democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency.

The report also said, we further assess Putin and the Russian government

developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump. It's the last part of the assessment

that Gabbard and the Trump administration are challenging. Last week, Gabbard released a newly

declassified report issued in 2020 by the Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee,

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