White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt discusses former President Barack Obama’s alleged involvement in the 2016 ‘Russiagate hoax.’

Donald Trump’s intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard ranted about a “coup” supposedly launched by Barack Obama at a White House briefing on Wednesday as the Trump administration returns to the “Russiagate” investigation as a lifeline for an embattled president.

The U.S. intelligence community in 2017 said Russia had interfered in the 2016 U.S. election and sought to hurt Clinton while trying to help Trump.

Obama was involved in the “manufacturing” of an intelligence assessment related to Russia and the 2016 election, Tulsi Gabbard says.

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

President Donald Trump rehashed longstanding grievances over the Russia investigation that shadowed much of his first term, lashing out Tuesday following a new report from his intelligence director aimed at casting doubt on long-established findings about Moscow's interference in the 2016 election.

The director of national intelligence has intensified attacks on assessments about Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election.

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