Russia collusion narrative and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s accusations against Obama-era officials on ‘Fox News Sunday.’

Former Obama aides say they have to balance between unnecessarily giving oxygen to unfounded Trump administration claims and allowing them to balloon unchecked.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard fired back at former President Barack Obama, accusing him of deflecting from his administration’s “absolute failure” to vet intelligence reports used to fuel narratives of Russian collusion with the 2016 Trump campaign.

Among the Russian intelligence was what Gabbard described as “high-level Democratic National Committee emails that detailed evidence of Hillary’s, quote: ‘psycho emotional problems, uncontrolled fits of anger, aggression and cheerfulness” and that then Secretary Clinton was allegedly on a daily regimen of heavy tranquilizers.

National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to discuss her findings alleging the Obama administration manufactured intelligence to create a narrative of Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Tulsi Gabbard released a memorandum and files regarding the intelligence community's assessment of Russia's actions during the 2016 election.

CNN's coverage of Tulsi Gabbard's Wednesday press briefing ended after about three minutes, despite host Jim Scuitto's comment that this is an "extreme allegation." See more from Gabbard's comments be

Russian interference in 2016 included hacking the Democratic National Committee and the campaign of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee who lost to Donald Trump, and spreading propaganda. That interference was designed to sow discord and election distrust.

Rep. Jason Crow accused the director of national intelligence of trying to curry favor with the president by fabricating lies about Obama.