Former President Barack Obama should face consequences over allegations he orchestrated a conspiracy to subvert President Donald Trump’s first term, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., told Newsmax on Tuesday.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard earlier this month released a trove of declassified documents that pointed to Obama directing the creation of a false intelligence assessment by James Clapper, his director of national intelligence, and John Brennan, his CIA director, in January 2017 that was used to delegitimize Trump’s presidency after his victory over Hillary Clinton.

The Department of Justice formed a strike force tasked with investigating Gabbard’s findings.

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