Tulsi Gabbard defends her presence at FBI search of Georgia elections hub

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Source: NBC News

Feb. 2, 2026, 10:57 PM EST / Updated Feb. 3, 2026, 6:17 AM EST


WASHINGTON — Tulsi Gabbard on Monday defended her presence at an FBI search of an election center in Fulton County, Georgia, that has raised questions about her involvement as director of national intelligence. In a letter to the top Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees, Gabbard said she was at the center last week in keeping with U.S. law and her responsibilities as the country’s top intelligence official.

Gabbard stood by her decision not to brief lawmakers about intelligence on possible threats to election security before her trip to Georgia, saying she would not “irresponsibly share incomplete assessments.” “I will share our intelligence assessments with Congress once they are complete,” she wrote.

Gabbard went on to say she had broad authority as the director of national intelligence to oversee efforts to ensure U.S. elections are secure and to identify and analyze any potential foreign threats to elections or voting systems. In her letter, she acknowledged that she had arranged a call with FBI personnel and President Donald Trump.

Gabbard wrote that she placed a call in Fulton County to allow Trump to express his gratitude to the FBI agents who conducted the search. “He did not ask any questions, nor did he or I issue any directives,” Gabbard wrote.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/tulsi-gabbard-defends-presence-fbi-search-georgia-elections-hub-rcna257177

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Gabbard went on to say she had broad authority as the director of national intelligence to oversee efforts to ensure U.S. elections are secure

What "broad authority"? That's not the DNI's job, particularly when you are talking about an election from over 5 years ago that reeked of manufactured "election fraud" nonsense that was debunked over and over and over.