Tulsi Gabbard Challenges Russiagate Findings Amid Trump-Epstein Tensions

While the broadcast networks mostly ignored it, Wednesday’s PBS News Hour devoted a five-and-a-half-minute segment on Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s White House briefing on details of the declassification of materials related to “Russiagate,” the investigation of then-candidate Donald Trump’s alleged “collusion” with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Of course, the News Hour also included extensive discussion of the Epstein files and how they serve as a distraction from Trump’s policy agenda.

The online headline was loaded, linking the resurfacing of Russiagate to the ongoing imbroglio over sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein: “Gabbard pushes report on Obama and Russia probe as Trump faces pressure over Epstein.”