DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s presence at an FBI raid of a Fulton County, Georgia, election office sparked backlash from Democrats and local officials, who questioned why the intelligence chief was involved in a domestic 2020 election probe.

The following is the Jan. 23, 2026, Congressional Research Service report, Defense Primer: Intelligence Support to Military Operations. From the Report The statutory responsibility for resourcing and coordinating the activities of the Intelligence Community (IC) in support of military activities belongs to two senior executive branch officials: The Director of National Intelligence (DNI),

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard disputed U.S. intelligence assessments regarding Russia’s Ukraine objectives, creating friction as peace negotiations advance. On Saturday, Gabbard posted on X that, according to U.S. intelligence, Russia ...

Any American who has not fallen into conspiracy theory rabbit holes might have wondered why on earth the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and top FBI officials, including Deputy Director Andrew Bailey,