Democrats blasted Gabbard’s claims as “utter nonsense,” while some MAGA commentators online questioned whether the release was an attempt to deflect from Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and child sex offender who died in federal custody in 2019.

Top officials from former President Barack Obamaʼs administration suppressed a key intelligence assessment in December 2016 that concluded Russia had not interfered with voting systems or altered the outcome of the presidential election,