A senior U.S. intelligence official-turned-whistleblower said Obama-era superiors pressured him to endorse flawed conclusions in a high-profile intelligence report on Russian election interference and that he was later cut out of key discussions after raising concerns about the Steele dossier’s role in shaping that assessment,

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard ramped up efforts to sow doubt about the investigation that found Russia interfered in the 2016 election. Gabbard pushed baseless claims about former President Obama and called it the “most egregious weaponization and politicization of intelligence in American history.

The long-simmering feud between President Trump and former President Obama erupted this week after Trump accused his predecessor of treason, a startling escalation in the fight between the two