DNI Tulsi Gabbard tells 'Jesse Watters Primetime' about a new DOJ 'strike force' that will investigate the declassified documents she referred for potential criminal investigation.

WASHINGTON—Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and the White House continued a multiday barrage against Barack Obama, alleging the former president and senior officials in his administration manufactured a false conspiracy suggesting Russia interfered in the 2016 election to undermine President Trump’s victory.

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the national intelligence director, Tulsi Gabbard is responsible for guarding America’s secrets and discovering threats from overseas. But when she made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room Wednesday, her targets were President Donald Trump’s political enemies.

Gabbard’s comments come amid the declassification of a trove of documents from the U.S. intelligence community that claim the Obama administration politicized intelligence.

Tulsi Gabbard stood behind a thick wooden podium under the lights of the press room. The former Congresswoman, now the director of the National Intelligence, did not hesitate. She held up a stack of papers,

CNN's coverage of Tulsi Gabbard's Wednesday press briefing ended after about three minutes, despite host Jim Scuitto's comment that this is an "extreme allegation." See more from Gabbard's comments be

Senate Intelligence Committee members, including some Republicans, are standing by their panel’s findings on “extensive” Russian interference in the 2016 election despite new allegations from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that the Obama administration “manufactured intelligence.

The director of national intelligence claims intelligence officials in the Obama administration distorted claims about the 2016 election.