Susan Miller, author of the CIA’s 2017 intelligence report on Russian election meddling, is vowing to fight any potential criminal charges brought by the Trump administration. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accused the Obama administration of manufacturing the intelligence report, which assessed that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to help Donald Trump. Miller made criminal referrals to the Justice Department, stating that no one had told her team what conclusion to reach in their report. Miller said the intelligence that helped them reach their conclusion was extremely sound and verified, and her team briefed Trump at the time.
The report’s findings were not at all based on the so-called Steele dossier, which was written by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele and funded by Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Miller’s team could determine that 100% of Russia tried to influence the 2016 election, but it’s indeterminable whether Moscow’s efforts worked. The White House praised Gabbard and described the 2017 intelligence report and its findings as a “total hoax and political witch hunt to snub President Trump’s historic first term in office.” Miller said she and her team told the truth and the information was well sourced, and that the White House’s attacks against the report and its findings are sad.
