Marc Veasey dismisses Gabbard’s Russiagate fight as effort to ‘stay relevant’
Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX) has dismissed a report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election,released by former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard,calling it baseless and accusing Gabbard of trying to stay relevant. Gabbard’s report challenges the previous intelligence community assessment that Russia did not specifically support then-candidate Donald Trump and alleges that former President Barack Obama directed the intelligence team to produce an inaccurate evaluation. Veasey, who served alongside Gabbard in Congress, accuses her of lying and attempting to regain attention after falling out of favor due to her differing intelligence assessments, including on Iran. Gabbard has also referred Obama for criminal prosecution based on what she calls “irrefutable evidence,” although she has not specified charges or commented on suggestions of treason. Veasey rejects her claims, stating there is no truth or foundation behind them.
Marc Veasey dismisses Gabbard’s Russiagate fight as effort to ‘stay relevant’
Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX) dismissed the report on Russian interference during the 2016 election from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard because it has “absolutely no legs.”
Gabbard is now referring prosecution for former President Barack Obama, since revealing that Obama directed his intelligence team to publish an assessment that Russia sought to interfere in the 2016 election on President Donald Trump’s behalf. At the time, the intelligence community’s assessment found that Russia was not specifically backing the then Republican nominee.
“I know Tulsi Gabbard better than Donald Trump knows Tulsi Gabbard, and Tulsi Gabbard is lying,” Veaseyl said of the report. “Tulsi is literally just trying to make sure that she can keep her job and stay relevant.”
Veasey served in the House during Gabbard’s entire tenure from 2013 to 2021. Gabbard retired from the House to run for president as a Democratic candidate but abandoned the Democratic Party a year after the election.
According to Veasey, this latest report is an alleged effort to compensate for the The Defense Intelligence Agency’s preliminary assessment, including its conclusion that less damage was inflicted than Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly claimed.
“What is going on with Tulsi is that she likes to be in the spotlight and because her intelligence report disagreed with his assessment on Iran, she’s kind of been persona non grata lately,” Veasey said.
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“And so she just concocted this to try to get back into his good graces,” Veasey said of her most recent report. “There’s absolutely no legs to this. There’s no truth to this.”
Gabbard cited “irrefutable evidence” that motivated her to refer Obama for criminal prosecution. She did not specify any specific charges and would not answer questions about whether as director she would recommend treason charges as Trump suggested.
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