Plus, the continued focus and criticism toward the Trump administration over the Jeffrey Epstein case forces the White House to pivot its usual approach to hot-button issues.

Among the Russian intelligence was what Gabbard described as “high-level Democratic National Committee emails that detailed evidence of Hillary’s, quote: ‘psycho emotional problems, uncontrolled fits of anger, aggression and cheerfulness” and that then Secretary Clinton was allegedly on a daily regimen of heavy tranquilizers.

Gabbard’s comments come amid the declassification of a trove of documents from the U.S. intelligence community that claim the Obama administration politicized intelligence.

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.

The director of national intelligence baselessly accused Barack Obama of orchestrating a “yearslong coup and treasonous conspiracy” against her boss.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is pushing demonstrably false election conspiracy theories against former President Obama. Republican Senators John Cornyn and Lindsey Graham are calling for a special counsel to investigate.

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

The White House will take questions from reporters around 1:00 pm on Wednesday after the House left Washington early for summer recess and President Trump said it's time for the DOJ to "go after" former President Barack Obama on charges of "treason.