Reports in 2016 that Russian President Vladimir Putin backed Donald Trump in that year’s presidential election were bogus, according to documents released Wednesday by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

Gabbard told Newsmax on Tuesday that more documents directly refuting a statement issued earlier in the day by former President Barack Obama’s camp denying his role in an alleged coup attempt against Trump would be released.

The latest documents — a declassified a report prepared by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence back in 2020 — show Putin believed then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 presidential election. The Russian president’s team launched cyberattacks and leaked emails that focused on weakening Clinton’s future administration.

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