By Zachary Stieber Contributing Writer Former President Barack Obama is maintaining that Russia attempted to interfere with the 2016 presidential election, after intelligence officials declassified documents that shed light on actions

House Speaker Mike Johnson said: "There's a lot of allegations on the table—our job is go and follow each of those trails and to find out the truth."

Gabbard declassified a 2017 House report targeting Obama and intelligence officials over alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.

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

A newly declassified House Intelligence Committee report challenges the 2016 US Intelligence Community Assessment that claimed Russia favored Donald Trump in the presidential election.

A declassified Congressional report finds a single biased source, Christopher Steele, was used for critical intelligence analysis.

In July 2025, a claim circulated online that U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced declassified documents indicating former U.S. president Barack Obama authorized an assassination attempt on U.S. President Donald Trump just before he assumed office the first time in 2016.