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Debunked election claims behind Fulton County search spark new questions for Gabbard
I am very surprised that a federal magistrate would issue this search warrant. Gabbard and company push a number of debunked conspiracy theories and this magistrate bought these lies
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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5738302-democrats-question-gabbard-fbi-search/
Democrats are asking new questions about Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s presence at the FBI’s recent search of a Georgia voting center after an affidavit showed the federal case relies on widely debunked claims about the 2020 election.
The document, unsealed as part of a court challenge earlier this week, credited Kurt Olsen, an ally of President Trump who was central in his efforts to fight his 2020 election loss, with the referral that sparked the investigation.
The matter has enraged Democrats, one of whom described the judge who approved the search as being “hoodwinked” by the FBI.
They’ve demanded further explanation from Gabbard on her involvement, including through a briefing to understand why, as an official with oversight of foreign intelligence operations, she was present for the execution of a domestic search warrant.
“The newly unsealed affidavit shows this search originated from the frivolous claims of Kurt Olsen, an attorney who traffics in debunked falsehoods about the 2020 election. It also makes clear there was no foreign intelligence nexus. So why was the Director of National Intelligence there?” Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said in a statement.
“When the nation’s top intelligence official inserts herself into a matter with no connection to a foreign threat, it’s hard to escape the conclusion that the objective was political – namely, getting back into Donald Trump’s good graces – and that her presence was meant to lay the groundwork for baseless claims of foreign interference. Americans should be deeply concerned about what someone with sweeping authority over the country’s intelligence apparatus might do to achieve that.”
The document, unsealed as part of a court challenge earlier this week, credited Kurt Olsen, an ally of President Trump who was central in his efforts to fight his 2020 election loss, with the referral that sparked the investigation.
The matter has enraged Democrats, one of whom described the judge who approved the search as being “hoodwinked” by the FBI.
They’ve demanded further explanation from Gabbard on her involvement, including through a briefing to understand why, as an official with oversight of foreign intelligence operations, she was present for the execution of a domestic search warrant.
“The newly unsealed affidavit shows this search originated from the frivolous claims of Kurt Olsen, an attorney who traffics in debunked falsehoods about the 2020 election. It also makes clear there was no foreign intelligence nexus. So why was the Director of National Intelligence there?” Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said in a statement.
“When the nation’s top intelligence official inserts herself into a matter with no connection to a foreign threat, it’s hard to escape the conclusion that the objective was political – namely, getting back into Donald Trump’s good graces – and that her presence was meant to lay the groundwork for baseless claims of foreign interference. Americans should be deeply concerned about what someone with sweeping authority over the country’s intelligence apparatus might do to achieve that.”