US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has firmly denied any wrongdoing over the delayed referral of a whistleblower complaint to Congress. The delay sparked outrage from Democrats, with Senator Mark Warner claiming that Gabbard had "hidden" the complaint in a safe for eight months.
Gabbard took to social media platform X to address the allegations, labeling them as "baseless and politically motivated." She claimed that she was not aware of the complaint until after it had been reviewed by the Intelligence Community Inspector General, who shared its contents with Congress last week.
The highly classified complaint alleges wrongdoing on Gabbard's part, but its details have yet to be made public. An inspector general representative stated that some allegations within the complaint were deemed non-credible, while others remain under investigation.
Gabbard's office maintains that it did not slow down the referral of the complaint and has provided security guidance for its contents as required by law. The Director of National Intelligence accused Warner of spreading "lies and baseless accusations" to undermine her policies and damage national security.
Republicans on the House and Senate intelligence committees have backed up Gabbard, with Senator Tom Cotton stating that the complaint is not credible and that the steps taken to handle it were in accordance with law.
Gabbard took to social media platform X to address the allegations, labeling them as "baseless and politically motivated." She claimed that she was not aware of the complaint until after it had been reviewed by the Intelligence Community Inspector General, who shared its contents with Congress last week.
The highly classified complaint alleges wrongdoing on Gabbard's part, but its details have yet to be made public. An inspector general representative stated that some allegations within the complaint were deemed non-credible, while others remain under investigation.
Gabbard's office maintains that it did not slow down the referral of the complaint and has provided security guidance for its contents as required by law. The Director of National Intelligence accused Warner of spreading "lies and baseless accusations" to undermine her policies and damage national security.
Republicans on the House and Senate intelligence committees have backed up Gabbard, with Senator Tom Cotton stating that the complaint is not credible and that the steps taken to handle it were in accordance with law.
I don't get why this is a big deal tbh... like yeah Tulsi might've had some oversight on the whistleblower complaint but does that really mean she did anything wrong? 
The US gov is already super secretive so when's the last time someone got in trouble for following procedure? 
And what's with all these people making accusations without seeing the full thing? Can't we just wait for the full report or something? 
I'm not saying Tulsi is perfect, but let's not jump to conclusions here... it's always good to give her the benefit of the doubt 
. I mean, who wouldn't want to believe a whistleblower complaint just because a politician says they didn't know about it? 
. I'm calling foul on this one 
Tulsi's got some serious ninja skills if she can hide that whistleblower complaint from everyone for 8 months 
the more they spin it, the more it smells like a cover-up 
and those republicans just eating out of the palm of her hand 
senator warner might've been harsh but at least he didn't sugarcoat anything 
meanwhile, gabbard's just maintaining her cool girl vibes 
who knows what really went down? probably never gonna find out because she'll just deflect it again 
... Tulsi Gabbard's denial of wrongdoing just seems so rehearsed you know? Like, she's clearly aware that there are some fishy allegations surrounding her and her office 
. The fact that the complaint was delayed for eight months already raises a lot of red flags – was it really just an oversight or was something more going on? 
It would explain why Republicans are backing up Gabbard and trying to discredit Warner. The lack of transparency around this whole thing is just getting more and more frustrating 
It just doesn't add up.
. The fact that some allegations were deemed non-credible is super important, I guess? Still, it feels like this whole ordeal has been blown out of proportion 
. Can't we just have an open conversation about how intel agencies handle sensitive info without all the drama? 
especially since republicans are backing her up over here... curious to see how this all plays out