Tulsi Gabbard Accused Obama of Manufacturing Russia Collusion Intelligence Assessment
"The evidence that we have found and that we have released directly point to President Obama leading the manufacturing of this intelligence assessment. There are multiple pieces of evidence and intelligence that confirm that fact."
About this episode
Dave Rubin opened this May 26, 2026 episode of The Rubin Report with extended analysis of the Los Angeles mayoral race, where reality TV personality Spencer Pratt has emerged as a serious challenger to incumbent Karen Bass. Pratt, radicalized after losing his home in recent fires, is running on a common-sense platform challenging the city's approach to homelessness. Rubin highlighted Pratt's controversial claim that LA has spent $24 billion on 40,000 homeless individuals and that adequate shelter exists, framing the crisis as primarily drug addiction rather than housing shortage. Despite polling showing Bass with a 70% chance of winning, Pratt is drawing bipartisan support from residents frustrated with quality-of-life issues. The episode also covered Stephen Colbert's recent firing from CBS after years of low ratings and partisan content, with Rubin contrasting Colbert's vaccine-dancing activism with Johnny Carson's apolitical decency. On foreign policy, Rubin examined Trump's Iran negotiations, revealing the president has made expansion of the Abraham Accords mandatory for any deal and is demanding Iran surrender all enriched uranium. Trump reported progress toward an agreement involving Saudi Arabia, UAE, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, and Pakistan. The show took a somber turn addressing Tulsi Gabbard's resignation as DNI Director to care for her husband diagnosed with rare bone cancer, raising questions about whether she will deliver promised evidence implicating Barack Obama in manufacturing the Russia collusion narrative before her June 30th departure. Rubin closed with Memorial Day reflections, criticizing the DNC for politicizing fallen soldiers from the Iran conflict while contrasting Trump's message honoring service and sacrifice.
Key takeaways
- Tulsi Gabbard stated evidence directly implicates Obama in manufacturing Russia collusion intelligence, referred documents to DOJ for criminal investigation.
- Spencer Pratt claimed LA spent $24 billion on 40,000 homeless people who have shelter available but choose streets to do drugs.
- Trump made expanded Abraham Accords mandatory requirement for Iran deal, involving Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain.
- Trump demanded Iran surrender all enriched uranium to US for destruction or destroy it under international atomic supervision.
- Stephen Colbert was fired from CBS after years of partisan activism and poor ratings, ending with unfunny final episode.
- Tulsi Gabbard resigned as DNI effective June 30th to care for husband diagnosed with extremely rare bone cancer.
- DNC politicized Memorial Day by framing fallen Iran conflict soldiers as victims of Trump's war rather than honoring service.