Overview
- Testifying before Senate and House panels, Tulsi Gabbard said President Trump asked her the morning of Jan. 28 to observe portions of the FBI’s Fulton County search, asserted she took no law‑enforcement actions, and acknowledged entering an empty FBI evidence truck without handling ballots.
- Sen. Jon Ossoff said Senate Intelligence Committee members have opened inquiries into her presence at the raid, and Gabbard declined to specify how the president’s request was conveyed.
- Gabbard maintained that only the president can determine whether a threat is “imminent” and declined to endorse claims of an imminent Iranian nuclear threat, drawing sharp criticism from Democrats and former national security officials.
- Her prepared remarks said last year’s U.S. strikes “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program with no subsequent rebuild, a position at odds with White House warnings and CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s testimony that Iran has 60% enrichment and is reconstituting capabilities.
- The legal fight over the FBI’s seizure of hundreds of boxes of Fulton County election records remains active after failed mediation, with a federal judge ordering new briefs on the government’s bid to quash an FBI agent subpoena and further proceedings pending.