"Before jumping on the Trump train, Gabbard had a profile as a Democrat who was critical of the forever wars, a history that put her at odds with Trump as he pursued an openly imperialist and belligerent foreign policy. Despite holding the top intelligence post in the administration, she was kept out of the loop on major policies to bomb Iran and kidnap the president of Venezuela."
"In the wake of the raid, Trump started posting a series of unhinged and discredited conspiracy theories claiming that the 2020 election was stolen by a cabal that included former president Barack Obama, the FBI, the CIA, as well as the governments of Italy and China. One post quoted a Twitter user named The SCIF who wrote (in part): Italian officials at Leonardo SpA used military satellites to help hack U.S. voting machines,"
Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, has taken an unusually visible role promoting claims that the 2020 election was stolen. Gabbard participated in an FBI raid on a Fulton County, Georgia elections office and has driven efforts to vindicate conspiracy theories alleging a cabal involving Barack Obama, the FBI, the CIA, Italy, and China. The conspiracies include specific technical claims about Italian firms using military satellites and CIA tools to flip votes. Those allegations are described as baseless, yet they exert a powerful hold on Donald Trump and inform his public statements and justifications.
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