The director of national intelligence told Americans this week that what everyone has known about the 2016 election is backwards.

Former CIA Director John Brennan told MSNBC on Saturday that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is "projecting" when she accuses him of politicizing intelligence to link President Trump to Russia.

DNI Tulsi Gabbard reveals declassified documents allegedly showing Obama officials manufactured intelligence to undermine Trump, announcing criminal referrals to DOJ.

Critics have accused Tulsi Gabbard of trying to shield Donald Trump’s administration from scrutiny through her recent claims that top Obama administration officials should be prosecuted for leading a “coup” against the president in 2016 by investigating Russian efforts to help his campaign.

A decision by the White House to trot out Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard in the middle of a press conference on Wednesday earned the Donald Trump administration a thrashing on MSNBC on Thursday morning.

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

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard this month declassified material that she claimed proved a “treasonous conspiracy” by the Obama administration in 2016 to politicize U.S. intelligence in service of casting doubt on the legitimacy of Donald Trump’s election victory.

Former FBI Director Andrew McCabe, now with CNN, says accusations against Obama-era intelligence figures and the former president are "absurd." "The idea that she would use this discussion around sourcing and intensive Russians as some sort of springboard for charges against Barack Obama or John Brennan or Jim Comey or anyone else is absurd,