New Russiagate Files: Bombshell or Bust? Eli Lake vs. Josh Hammer
July 30, 2025
7,403
142
109
3.39%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
The Free Press Episodes Around July 30, 2025
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
1:06:38Now PlayingNew Russiagate Files: Bombshell or Bust? Eli Lake vs. Josh Hammer
YouTube Description
as posted by the channelEarlier this month, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, declassified more than a hundred pages of documents revealing how America’s spies assessed Russian election interference in the final months of the 2016 election. Gabbard says that the new release “clearly shows there was a treasonous conspiracy in 2016 committed by officials at the highest level of our government.” She has recommended that the Justice Department investigate and prosecute this alleged conspiracy.
Last week, Eli Lake published a piece in The Free Press with his take on the matter: While Russiagate was a real scandal, none of the evidence Gabbard has produced proves her “treasonous conspiracy” accusation.
Today, The Free Press published two more points of view on the new Russiagate revelations, including a piece from Josh Hammer. Josh argues that the documents Gabbard released are, in fact, revelatory and damning for President Obama and his administration.
This morning, we are going to debate: Are the DNI’s newly released documents a bombshell or a nothingburger?
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.