Overview
- Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard confirmed she has wound down the temporary Director’s Initiatives Group and reassigned its staff.
- Reports from The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times say a foreign intercept at the heart of a whistleblower complaint referenced Jared Kushner, with officials describing the allegations as unverified and in parts demonstrably false.
- ODNI’s general counsel said two inspectors general did not find the complaint credible and defended classification steps tied to the inclusion of highly classified material in the filing.
- Gabbard’s office missed a statutory deadline to deliver Congress a classified report on the task force’s staffing practices but says the required material will still be provided.
- Lawmakers are seeking documents and testimony, with a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing set for March 18 and questions mounting over Gabbard’s role at an FBI search in Georgia where she facilitated a brief call between the president and agents.