Former CIA Director John Brennan told MSNBC on Sunday morning that he worries Tulsi Gabbard could "skew" the intelligence that reaches President Trump if she is confirmed as Director of National Intelligence.
President Donald Trump’s FBI director nominee Kash Patel will appear at a confirmation hearing this week, as the devoted Trump ally has long vowed to punish Trump’s enemies—drawing widespread criticism from even top officials in Trump’s first White House.
John Brennan claims former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) will intentionally withhold intelligence from President Donald Trump if confirmed to his cabinet. The post Fmr. CIA Director John Brennan On MSNBC Claims Tulsi Gabbard Will Intentionally Withhold Intelligence from Trump first appeared on Mediaite.
Ms. Gabbard grew up in a secretive offshoot of the Hare Krishna movement and has made a dizzying journey from conservative to liberal darling to Trump ally.
Current and former European and U.S. officials have raised concerns about some of Trump’s picks for top intelligence posts.
Vice President J.D. Vance spoke in favor of Tulsi Gabbard's nomination for Director of National Intelligence during an interview Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation." MARGARET BRENNAN: Let me ask you about other nominees.
The Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe, former director of national intelligence, as head of the CIA on Thursday by a 74-25 vote. In November, then-President-elect Donald Trump announced his selection of Ratcliffe as the next director of the intelligence agency.
Vice President JD Vance said bureaucrats at U.S. intelligence services were “out of control” and he defended Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head those services, as the right person for the job.
New CIA Director John Ratcliffe ordered the covid origins analysis declassified, which a spokesperson described as a “low-confidence” assessment.
More Trump nominees with potentially rocky paths to confirmation face hearings in the Senate this week, including Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kash Patel.
Ratcliffe, 59, is the first person to have served as both director of national intelligence and chief of the CIA.