Tulsi Gabbard

ODNI under Director Tulsi Gabbard seized electronic voting machines in Puerto Rico (May 2025). Goal was to investigate claims Venezuela hacked voting machines. No evidence of Venezuelan interference found. ODNI claimed extremely concerning cybersecurity practices but provided no detailed evidence.

DNI Gabbard directed intelligence community to prioritize Greenland collection — identify pro-Trump Greenlanders, attitudes on American resource extraction, independence movement

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence under Tulsi Gabbard communicated a classified collection emphasis message to NSA, DIA, CIA, and other agencies ordering them to prioritize intelligence on: (1) Greenland's independence movement, (2) local attitudes toward American resource extraction, (3) identifying individuals in Greenland and Denmark who support Trump administration goals for the island. This confirms that the US intelligence community was formally tasked to support Greenland acquisition efforts. Danish Defence Intelligence Service mentioned the United States as a potential threat to national security for the first time in its history. A separate whistleblower complaint was filed against Gabbard for hiding high-level intelligence from Congress for nearly eight months.

As DNI, ODNI obtained and tested Puerto Rico voting machines (May 2025) probing for Venezuelan hacking -- found no clear evidence. ODNI claimed concerning cybersecurity practices without detailed evidence. Gabbard personally present at FBI raid on Fulton County GA election warehouse Jan 2026. Former intel officials say ODNI overstepping authority. Unprecedented hands-on ODNI role in domestic election infrastructure.

ODNI authority claim for domestic election operation: Gabbard cited broad statutory authority to coordinate, integrate, and analyze intelligence related to election security, including counterintelligence (CI), foreign and other malign influences and cybersecurity. Claims she oversees FBI Intelligence and Counterintelligence divisions as DNI. However, federal law restricts DNI to FOREIGN intelligence coordination. 50 USC 3024 defines DNI role as designating National Counterintelligence Officer for election security related to risks by FOREIGN entities. Former senior intel officials say ODNI involvement is well beyond what ODNI has the authority or expertise to do. Sen. Warner demanded testimony asking why official with oversight of foreign intelligence operations was present for execution of a domestic search warrant. Gabbard also running separate ODNI investigation of electronic voting machine vulnerabilities (announced April 2025), including Puerto Rico voting machine testing (May 2025).

DNI Gabbard expanded ODNI into unprecedented domestic election operations including Fulton County raid presence and Puerto Rico voting machine seizure

DNI Gabbard expanded ODNI role from foreign interference analysis into domestic election administration: (1) Present at FBI Fulton County raid Jan 28 2026 seizing 650+ boxes of 2020 ballots, personally facilitated Trump phone call to agents, (2) Seized and tested Puerto Rico voting machines claiming Venezuela hacking (found no evidence), (3) Contracted former IC hackers for forensic work on voting machines, (4) Coordinated with Kurt Olsen (WH election security director) and Cleta Mitchell. Sen Warner said intel committee not informed of any foreign nexus for Fulton County. For first time in nearly a decade, foreign election threats omitted from IC annual threat assessment. CISA election security staff reduced, budget cut 495M, workforce reduced 30 pct.