Newly declassified government files expose Obama administration efforts to craft a narrative that then-candidate Donald Trump was colluding with Russia, Newsmax Chief White House Correspondent James Rosen reported Wednesday.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has released communications to Newsmax involving the top intelligence leaders of the Obama administration who worked to develop the now-debunked Trump Russia collusion connection.

Emails from Navy Adm. Michael Rogers, who ran the National Security Agency at the time, told his intelligence counterparts his team had been “shut out” of reviewing information said to connect Trump with Russia and was not comfortable with their assessments.

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