See It: Fox Panel Goes Scorched Earth After Dem Strategist Calls Russia Intel ‘Erroneous’

Tensions exploded Thursday on Fox News’ “The Five” as a fiery debate broke out between panel members Kellyanne Conway, Jesse Watters and Jessica Tarlov over newly released declassified documents related to the 2016 Russia-Trump investigation.

The documents, released by Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, revisit the claims that then-presidential candidate Donald Trump colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election.

Gabbard announced the release earlier this week, including a 44-page report that evaluates prior intelligence assessments made during the final months of the Obama administration and early in Trump’s first term.

Gabbard’s release also included a memo alleging that the Obama-era intelligence community deliberately withheld a joint press release from the FBI and NSA.

That press release, issued just weeks before the 2016 election, expressed only “low confidence” in Russia’s involvement in high-profile data leaks that year.

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and the Department of Homeland Security were responsible for suppressing the release, according to the memo.

During a segment on “The Five,” co-host Jesse Watters raised the issue with Democratic strategist Jessica Tarlov, asking whether she had read the full report released by Gabbard.