Why Gabbard Just Accused Obama of Crimes
Gabbard breaks with DNI protocol to accuse a past president of crimes. She may have just secured her job.
America spent much of the Biden Administration up to their necks in a weaponized judicial system, with Trump and his cohorts as the primary targets of DOJ and FBI fury.
It had the opposite effect on the public.
Americans grew tired of the drama. The constant targeting appears to have inoculated Trump in the minds of tens of millions who ultimately voted for him for president. By the conclusion of the second failed impeachment process, many Americans were done.
Americans may need to buckle up for another four years of acrimonious investigations—this time led by Republicans, who now control both houses of Congress and the executive branch.
This week, it was not the Attorney General, but Trump’s Director of National Intelligence who stepped forward to bring explosive charges against a past president. On July 18, 2025. Tulsi Gabbard formally accused Barack Obama of criminally fabricating the Russia collusion hoax to influence an election.
Gabbard, once told the Democratic National Convention that:
“Leaders like President (Barack Obama) and Michelle Obama … the strongest advocates our military families could ever have.”
Today, Gabbard alleges that Obama and his administration orchestrated a “treasonous conspiracy” and coordinated effort to fabricate and disseminate false intelligence and misinformation alleging collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, with the intent to manipulate the 2016 election outcome and undermine Trump’s legitimacy.
This alleged scheme weaponized the intelligence community and politicized national security for partisan gain, constituting criminal misconduct.
Such claims echo long-standing accusations by conservatives who argue that the FBI and intelligence agencies were weaponized for political purposes during and after the 2016 election (DOJ Inspector General Report, 2019). However, to date, no credible prosecution has resulted from these allegations, making Gabbard’s public accusations unprecedented for someone in her position.
Why is the DNI now the Accuser-in-Chief?
The highly publicized accusation is a strange role to play for Gabbard as DNI.
The DNI’s role is to oversee and coordinate the nation’s intelligence agencies, not to act as a prosecutor or public accuser. Typically, evidence of criminal conduct uncovered through intelligence channels is referred to the Department of Justice for investigation and potential prosecution.
Americans will also want to know why after four years of the first Trump Administration, this evidence is only now being discovered, and not by the DOJ or FBI, but the DNI.
Then there is the question of Gabbard’s announcement itself.
Publicly announcing such serious allegations, especially against a former president, risks politicizing the intelligence community and blurring the lines between intelligence and law enforcement.
“No matter how powerful, every person involved in this conspiracy must be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, to ensure nothing like this ever happens again,” Gabbard said in the statement.
Gabbard’s actions also raise questions about due process, the integrity of investigations, and whether such claims are motivated by political considerations rather than purely legal ones.
Gabbard Alleges Treason
Finally, Gabbard’s choice of words is significant.
She called for involved Obama administration officials to face criminal prosecution for participating in a “treasonous conspiracy.”
The charge of treason which carries a potential death sentence has personal meaning for the DNI. Gabbard has been accused of treason by numerous critics for her role disseminating Russian propaganda, privately meeting with Syrian war criminal Bashar al-Assad, and aiding the cause of Edward Snowden who was charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 and is best known for leaking classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013, which revealed the extent of global surveillance programs run by the U.S. government.
According to 18 U.S. Code § 2381, the penalty for treason is:
"Shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined…"
What’s in it for Gabbard?
The question remains: why did Gabbard make this public now?
Gabbard's tenure as DNI has been marked by numerous controversies, including the so-called Signalgate scandal, allegations of perjury before Congress, and conflicting testimony on Iran’s nuclear ambitions that clashed with President Trump’s public stance—earning her a public rebuke from the president himself.
After the bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities ordered by Trump. Washington some political commentators and D.C. insiders acknowledged that Gabbard’s cabinet position was on shaky grounds.
Gabbard likely recognized that after so many blunders, something more is needed to keep her job than swearing yet another oath of fealty to the president.
She needed a pivot.
Resurrecting an old grievance and giving President Trump the head of an old enemy on a platter is the ultimate pivot.
In her role as Obama accuser, Gabbard could prove indispensable to the president at a moment when his MAGA base is divided over the Epstein disclosure scandal.
Even if DOJ Pam Bondi takes no action on the accusations, or finds them without sufficient merit, it places Gabbard at the front of efforts to help Trump:
Distract from the Epstein scandal, and
Rally MAGA and Republicans in Congress facing midterm elections against a known enemy - Obama and the Democrats.
That’s a brilliant strategy for currying favor with the president and deflecting from Gabbard’s ever growing list of personal controversies.
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DW Phillips is a filmmaker, attorney and journalist who directs Ukraine Story, a foundation for documentary reporting. He covered the Ukrainian athletes from the ground at the Paris 2024 Olympics and the 2025 Usyk Heavyweight Championship bout for The Kyiv Post.
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