Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard indicated that Russia aimed to create disorder during the 2016 election and had expected a victory for Hillary Clinton, as stated in an interview published on Sunday by the New York Post.
Gabbard conveyed her insights during a discussion with the Post’s Miranda Devine on the “Pod Force One” podcast, which is scheduled for release on Wednesday.
“As we have discovered in subsequent documents reviewed throughout that campaign, Russia believed that Hillary Clinton would emerge victorious in the election,” Gabbard remarked. “They considered it inevitable.”
In 2016, Russia faced allegations of hacking the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) emails, and a memo from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released in July stated, “supporting evidence [indicates] the Russian government directed hacking of the DNC and the [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee].”
