Here’s What Tulsi Gabbard Plans To Reveal Before Leaving Office
WASHINGTON— Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard plans to release findings from a number of high-profile investigations before she departs her role as President Donald Trump’s spy chief, The Daily Wire has learned.
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Gabbard announced Friday that she will resign, sharing that her husband is battling “an extremely rare form of bone cancer” and that she must “step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this battle.” She will remain in her position until June 30, an intelligence official confirmed to The Daily Wire.
Before departing, Gabbard intends to release findings tied to investigations into Havana Syndrome, formally known as Anomalous Health Incidents (AHIs), the COVID-19 pandemic, the weaponization of the federal government, the 2020 presidential election, and more, according to the official. These findings will likely be released in weekly installments over the next month.
Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Aaron Lukas will serve as Acting Director of National Intelligence following her departure, President Donald Trump announced on Friday.
“Unfortunately, after having done a great job, Tulsi Gabbard will be leaving the Administration on June 30th,” he shared. “Her wonderful husband, Abraham, has been recently diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer, and she, rightfully, wants to be with him, bringing him back to good health as they currently fight a tough battle together.”
“I have no doubt he will soon be better than ever,” Trump added. “Tulsi has done an incredible job, and we will miss her.”
Gabbard served 15 months in her role as Director of National Intelligence, working to transform the intelligence community and restore public trust through reforms, many declassifications, aggressive transparency, revoking security clearances of intel officials who “abused public trust,” ditching DEI programs, and targeting foreign terrorist organizations.
A second intelligence official told The Daily Wire that Gabbard oversaw the declassification of more than 500,000 pages of previously withheld government records as of May 2026. Her “ODNI 2.0” restructuring initiative also reduced agency bloat by more than 40%, saving taxpayers an estimated $700 million per year.
Her declassifications included records tied to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr., along with files related to Amelia Earhart’s disappearance and Biden administration documents outlining the federal government’s “Strategic Implementation Plan for Countering Domestic Terrorism.”
She has also aggressively worked to highlight the truths behind the “Russia Hoax” and how President Barack Obama’s administration weaponized intelligence to undermine Trump’s 2016 election victory.
Earlier this year, Gabbard’s office announced that she had completed the largest intelligence community-wide “technology and cybersecurity modernization and investment effort” in American history.
“Over the past year, we have taken meaningful steps to begin fulfilling that responsibility through the largest IC-wide technology investment and modernization effort in history,” Gabbard said at the time. “President Trump’s Intelligence Community is moving faster and more decisively on cybersecurity modernization and investments in IT than ever before, delivering stronger defenses, greater efficiency, and real cost savings for the American people.”
The Trump administration could face an uphill battle to get another Director of National Intelligence confirmed, given that the current bickering between the president and Senate Republicans has been escalated by Trump’s endorsements against Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA).
In the interim, Gabbard says she is focused on ensuring a smooth transition at ODNI.
“I am fully committed to ensuring a smooth and thorough transition over the coming weeks so that you and your team experience no disruption in leadership or momentum,” she wrote in her letter to Trump.
“It has been a profound honor to serve the American people as DNI.”
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