Former President Barack Obama on July 22 said he stood by the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that Russia tried to influence the 2016 election. Obama was hitting back at a report released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on July 18,

Former President Barack Obama called a Russian collusion intelligence report genuine after President Donald Trump earlier on Tuesday accused Obama of treason.

Hours after Trump falsely accused Obama of trying to rig the 2016 election, the ex-president’s office said it had no choice but to publicly refute the claim.