Overview
- CIA officials confirmed the president directed agencies to provide 2020 election intelligence to Olsen and said he is being given the access needed to do the work.
- An unsealed Fulton County affidavit states an FBI search of a Georgia elections hub on Jan. 28 began with a referral from Olsen, and agents seized 2020 ballots and voter records.
- Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was present for the Georgia operation, a step critics say blurs lines between intelligence oversight and domestic law enforcement.
- Reporting says Olsen, a temporary White House special government employee without an intelligence background, has reviewed sensitive compartmented intelligence programs.
- Politico’s sources say Olsen appeals directly to the president when agencies resist his requests, and Democrats in Congress, including Sen. Mark Warner and Sen. Alex Padilla, have sought briefings and raised national security concerns, noting prior court sanctions against him for false claims.