Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday denied his administration manufactured an intelligence report to undermine President Donald Trump after his 2016 election win over Hillary Clinton. File Photo by David Muse/UPI | License Photo
July 22 (UPI) -- Former President Barack Obama called a Russian collusion intelligence report genuine after President Donald Trump earlier on Tuesday accused Obama of treason.
Obama responded to Friday's report by the office of the Director of National Intelligence that accused Obama and his Cabinet of manufacturing an intelligence report to falsely accuse Russia of acting to ensure Trump defeated Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election.
"Nothing in that document issued last week undercuts the widely accepted conclusion that Russia worked to influence the 2016 presidential election but did not successfully manipulate any votes," Obama spokesman Patrick Rodenbush said in a prepared statement on Tuesday.
"These findings were affirmed in a 2020 report by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee, led by then-Chairman Marco Rubio."
