Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence
· Axios
Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump's director of national intelligence, announced Friday she is leaving the administration due to her husband's illness.
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Driving the news: Gabbard released a resignation letter to President Trump in which she said the reason for her departure was that her husband had been diagnosed with an "extremely rare form of bone cancer."
- "At this time, I must step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this battle," she wrote. "Abraham has been my rock throughout our eleven years of marriage — standing steadfast hrough my deployment to East Africa on a Joint Special Operations mission, multiple political campaigns, and now my service in this role."
Between the lines: As a former Democrat and anti-interventionist in a war-time Republican administration, Gabbard had a difficult time fitting in in the administration and running the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
- Last month, Gabbard narrowly survived getting fired by Trump, who was persuaded to hold off by their mutual friend, Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to the president.
- Another Trump confidante, Laura Loomer, was a frequent critic of Gabbard for filling ODNI with critics of Israel. Loomer first reported the resignation Friday.
The intrigue: Gabbard's ODNI has also been locked in a behind-the-scenes feud with the CIA for months that became public last week during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing.
- A CIA insider who was part of Gabbard's special Directors Initiative Group testified that his agency had obstructed ODNI's efforts to uncover more information about the JFK files, Covid's origins and what are called "Anomalous Health Incidents" commonly referred to as Havana Syndrome.
- A CIA spokesperson disputed the testimony and said the agency has not impeded ODNI in any way.
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