Tulsi Gabbard Addresses Fulton County FBI Probe

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard explained why she traveled to Fulton County, Georgia, in January for a federal election records probe.

Gabbard testified at the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats Wednesday, alongside FBI Director Kash Patel, Defense Intelligence Agency Director James Adams, acting U.S. Cyber Command chief William Hartman, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.

Trump had asked Gabbard to be present during the execution of a search warrant at the election office in Fulton County, Georgia. The FBI conducted the raid to obtain records related to the 2020 election, amid state allegations that the county mismanaged voter rolls.

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., asked Gabbard where the authority came from to participate in a raid with a warrant “based entirely on conspiracy theories that have already been examined and rejected repeatedly.”

Gabbard responded that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has authority over the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, “both of which have purview over election security responsibilities to ensure the integrity of our elections.”

“I want to correct one of your statements that you’ve made multiple times, which is false,” Gabbard said. “I did not participate in a law enforcement activity, nor would I, because that does not exist within my authorities.”

Gabbard said she was in Fulton Country “at the request of the president and to work with the FBI to observe this action that had long been awaited.”

In a Feb. 2 letter to Warner, Gabbard had also said that she was observing the execution of the search warrant at the president’s request.

She said was not aware of what was in the warrant. The raid occurred the day after the FBI’s warrant was approved by a local judge, she said.

“The president’s request was to go and observe the FBI activities on this issue,” she said on Wednesday.

Since the 2020 election, Trump has said Fulton County had issues with counting ballots.

Gabbard said the Trump administration is seeking to “better understand the vulnerabilities in our election systems that may exist today” ahead of 2026 midterms.

Trump has directed his counsel’s office to explore whether he could develop an executive order requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration and photo identification at polling locations across the country, MS NOW reported.

Gabbard said at Wednesday’s hearing she has no knowledge of that draft executive order.

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