Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Friday announced that she was presenting “overwhelming evidence” to the Department of Justice showing that after President Donald Trump won his first election in 2016 against Hillary Clinton, then-President Barack Obama and his national security team laid the groundwork for a “yearslong” Russia-connected “coup” against Trump.

“The issue I am raising is not a partisan issue,” Gabbard said in her announcement, backed up by a highly redacted, declassified report posted online. “It is one that concerns every American. The information we are releasing today clearly shows there was a treasonous conspiracy in 2016 committed by officials at the highest level of our government … As such, I am providing all documents to the Department of Justice to deliver the accountability that President Trump, his family, and the American people deserve.”

The goal, she added, was to “usurp the President” from fulfilling the “mandate bestowed upon him” by American voters.

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