Catherine Herridge@C__Herridge
Breaking…
Newly declassified records from @DNIGabbard are additional, compelling evidence that the 2016 Russia Collusion narrative was not rooted in credible intelligence reporting, but manufactured to fit a preferred political narrative.
Gabbard has taken the rare and transparent step of declassifying a December 2016 draft of the President’s Daily Brief or PDB.
This highly classified record, which is a daily national security analysis for the President, assessed that “Russian and criminal actors did not impact recent US election results by conducting malicious cyber activities against (election) infrastructure.”
But after push back from the FBI, then led by James Comey, the PDB was spiked “based on new guidance.”
After a White House Principals meeting, a new intelligence assessment was commissioned, and media leaks followed, reinforcing a new narrative that “Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system.”
TIMELINE
December 8, 2016
Draft PDB - Russia “did not impact US election results”
Hours later, FBI withdraws support
PDB is killed “based on new guidance”
December 9, 2016 Obama White House Gathers Top Cabinet Officials including Clapper, Brennan, Susan Rice, Andrew McCabe and others.
New Intelligence Assessment is commissioned
January 6, 2017 New Intel Assessment : Russia interfered to help Trump
FULL READ👇@ODNIgov
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