Top Democratic Congressman Shatters Tulsi Gabbard's Lie About Prosecuting Obama

Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) shattered Tulsi Gabbard's lie that former President Obama may be prosecuted for endorsing the conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced over the weekend that she is going to refer four members of the intelligence community for prosecution. She suggested that former President Obama could be referred for criminal prosecution.

Rep. Jim Himes was asked if there was any justification for these criminal referrals, and he answered:

None, absolutely none. Margaret, what you saw from the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was not just a lie, but a very dangerous lie, because when you start throwing around language like sedition and treason, somebody is going to get hurt. Now, you pointed out that the Senate committee, then led by Marco Rubio, a Republican and now Secretary of State, found unanimously that Russia meddled in the election to try to assist Donald Trump. John Durham, special counsel appointed by Donald Trump, investigated this, found that the Senate report was correct. Now, what Tulsi is doing it's a little sleight of hand, but it's worth focusing on. She is saying that the Intelligence Committee, early on, said that the Russians could not use cyber tools to mess with the voting infrastructure, the machines that tally our votes.

And that was true then, and it is true now, though the Russians tried to break into a couple of states, you know, election technical infrastructure. They didn't do it, but it is well known and well established that the Russians hacked into the DNC and undertook any number of other influence operations, including buying reams of Facebook ads to discredit Hillary Clinton. That is not in contention, right?

And what is horrifying about this whole lie out of Gabbard is, number one, it puts people at risk. And right now, you know, the mouth-breathers on MAGA online are just going out of their minds based on a lie. And number two, the intelligence community is full of very, good people who do their jobs every single day, and now they're watching their leader do something that each and every one of them knows is dishonest and it is a really, really bad thing for the safety and security of the American people when that dynamic is- is out there.

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Himes followed up his answer by calling out the lie that Barack Obama could be prosecuted.