WASHINGTON (AP) — As the national intelligence director, Tulsi Gabbard is responsible for guarding America’s secrets and discovering threats from overseas. But when she made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room Wednesday, her targets were President Donald Trump’s political enemies.

Tulsi Gabbard disputes findings that Russia interfered in 2016 election to help Trump, which previous investigations have concluded.

Investigative journalist Matt Taibbi discusses DNI Tulsi Gabbard claiming the Obama administration 'manufactured' the Trump-Russia collusion 'hoax' on 'The Will Cain Show.'

The U.S. intelligence community in 2017 said Russia had interfered in the 2016 U.S. election and sought to hurt Clinton while trying to help Trump.

As they seek to quell a revolt in their base over the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Donald Trump and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard have offered MAGA voters some tantalizing alternate programming: The prospect of charging Barack Obama with orchestrating a treasonous plot to undermine Trump’s first presidency.

Fox News senior national correspondent Rich Edson has updates on DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s claims about the Trump-Russia collusion ‘hoax’ at a White House press briefing on ‘The Story.’

Donald Trump’s intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard ranted about a “coup” supposedly launched by Barack Obama at a White House briefing on Wednesday as the Trump administration returns to the “Russiagate” investigation as a lifeline for an embattled president.

The president shared a fake video showing his predecessor getting arrested, mere days after his administration accused Barack Obama of treason.