Trump’s admin is digging through the troubled Biden past. There’s mountains to unpack.
And now Trump’s Director of National Intelligence has accused Joe Biden of treason in a Fox News tell-all.
Tulsi Gabbard Exposes Deep-Seated Issues in CIA, Signals Trump Admin’s Bold Reforms
In a revealing Thursday evening appearance on Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle, U.S. National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard pulled no punches about the state of the CIA under her newly minted leadership. Speaking with host Laura Ingraham, Gabbard described the agency’s entrenched problems as exceeding her already grim expectations, painting a picture of a bureaucracy in dire need of the Trump administration’s corrective hand.
Gabbard, confirmed to her post on February 12, 2025, stepped into a role preceded by a curious move from the CIA. Reports surfaced that the agency offered payouts to its entire workforce just before her arrival. Trump administration officials, as cited by The Wall Street Journal, framed this as a clear message: those unwilling to align with President Donald Trump’s agenda should seek employment elsewhere.
When Ingraham pressed Gabbard to rate the “swampiness” of the intel community on a scale of one to ten, the former congresswoman didn’t mince words. “I knew it was bad coming in. It’s worse than I thought in a lot of different ways,” she said. “I’d love to come back and talk to you as we pull back the layers of getting rid of the weaponization within the intelligence community, the politicization and those who are frankly trying to shape intelligence according to their own view or their own agenda. Rather than just providing our policymakers and the president with that unbiased, accurate, timely intelligence that they need to make their decisions.”
Her comments point to a cleanup effort that aligns seamlessly with Trump’s pledge to root out inefficiencies and partisan leanings in government. Gabbard’s focus on delivering unvarnished intelligence to the president suggests a return to fundamentals — an intelligence apparatus that serves the nation, not personal biases.
Gabbard didn’t stop at generalities. She zeroed in on a glaring example of past failures under the Biden administration, tying it directly to national security lapses. “This example that we just talked about, where the Biden administration released these known or suspected terrorists or those with links to ISIS terrorists back into our country, you look at the dereliction of duty of that,” she said. “But you also recognize this is one form of that politicization, where the Biden administration was so afraid of being labeled Islamophobes, they took this pro-Islamist bent in endangering our own national security that we see in that example.”
The numbers back up her critique. A House Judiciary Committee report from August 2024 revealed that between fiscal years 2021 and 2023, Border Patrol agents encountered over 250 illegal migrants on the terrorist watchlist at the southern border. Shockingly, the Department of Homeland Security let an estimated 99 of them roam free in the U.S. after those encounters. It’s a statistic that fuels the Trump administration’s argument for a tougher, more decisive stance on security.
Gabbard tied these failures to a larger pattern of misguided priorities. “But we’ve also seen with the pro-Hamas rallies on streets across the country and the riots,” she noted. “So we see now with President Trump, he and I and others in the national security team are focusing our resources back where they belong, on keeping the American people safe and getting rid of those who seek to do us harm.” Her words signal a shift—a redirection of effort toward tangible threats, not political posturing.
Since taking the helm, Gabbard has wasted no time acting on this vision. The New York Times reports that the CIA has already dismissed multiple employees from the Biden era, including a group of “probationary employees.” This move dovetails with Trump’s ongoing push to trim government fat, a cornerstone of his fiscal strategy. Cutting dead weight from the CIA isn’t just about saving taxpayer dollars—it’s about ensuring the agency is staffed with people committed to the administration’s mission of putting America first.
Gabbard’s early tenure as National Intelligence Director shows a clear game plan: dismantle the entrenched, politicized elements of the federal government and replace them with a streamlined, security-focused operation. Her candid assessment on Fox News, paired with swift action at the CIA, suggests that the “swamp” may finally be meeting its match. As she peels back the layers of dysfunction, the American people can take confidence in a leadership team determined to prioritize their safety over partisan gamesmanship.
Tulsi Gabbard Axes Over 100 Intel Officers in Trump Admin’s Push to Clean House
National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard announced Tuesday on Fox News that over 100 intelligence officers from 15 agencies have been fired for engaging in s*xually explicit chats on a government tool meant for sensitive security discussions. The chat program, run by the National Security Agency, was hijacked by employees for inappropriate exchanges, including explicit talk about gender transition surgery, according to intelligence officials. Conservative activist Christopher Rufo first exposed the transcripts Monday via City Journal.
Gabbard didn’t hesitate. She ordered the termination of more than 100 participants and stripped their security clearances, calling the chats an “egregious violation of trust” that flouted basic workplace standards. A spokeswoman for her office posted on X that Gabbard demanded all agencies identify culprits by Friday. On Fox, she tied the firings to the Trump administration’s mission to purge corruption and refocus the intelligence community. “Today’s action, in holding these individuals accountable, is just the beginning of what we are seeing across the Trump administration,” she said. “Officials had moved to clean house, root out that rot and corruption, and weaponization and politicization, so we can start to rebuild that trust in these institutions.”
Her office and the CIA have also targeted Biden-era diversity staffers for dismissal, though a federal judge paused that action, with a ruling expected Thursday. Unlike the chat scandal, no illegal activity is alleged there—just a shift in priorities. Those officers are suing to keep their jobs.
Gabbard stressed on Fox that the administration aims to oust self-serving officers disloyal to the Constitution. She noted that after the chat-related firings, others came forward with tips on more misconduct. “People are stepping forward because they are all on board with the mission to clean house and refocus on our core mission of serving the American people,” she said. It’s a clear sign the Trump team’s house-cleaning is gaining traction.
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