Gabbard Announces New Firing

A major shake-up is underway in Washington’s intelligence community as Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard takes decisive action to clean house and restore trust. In coordination with President Trump, Gabbard has removed two senior officials from the National Intelligence Council — a move her office says is part of a sweeping plan to end the weaponization of America’s intelligence agencies.

Top Intel Officials Fired for Politicizing National Security

Gabbard ousted Acting Council Director Mike Collins and his longtime deputy Maria Langan-Riekhof — both career bureaucrats with decades of experience. The move follows concerns that high-ranking intelligence officials were allowing partisan politics to interfere with their duty to serve the American people, not political agendas.

The council, known for shaping high-level assessments and influencing policy, has now been relocated from CIA headquarters back under direct ODNI oversight, further reinforcing accountability.

“DNI Gabbard is working closely with President Trump to return integrity and neutrality to our intelligence operations,” an ODNI spokesperson told Fox News.

Ties to Hunter Biden Laptop Dismissal Spark Concern

Fox News confirmed that Collins had prior links to Michael Morell, a former CIA deputy director who helped organize the 2020 letter dismissing the Hunter Biden laptop story as ‘Russian disinformation.’ That letter, signed by 51 former intelligence officials, was widely viewed as a politically motivated attempt to shield Joe Biden just weeks before the election.

The firings now appear to be part of a broader effort to weed out legacy deep-state operatives whose actions may have undermined transparency and truth.

Controversial Report Undermines Trump’s Border Security Claims

The timing is no coincidence. The dismissals follow the release of a declassified intelligence report that challenges the Trump administration’s claim that the violent Tren de Aragua gang is working directly with the Venezuelan regime under Nicolás Maduro. That assessment, obtained via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request pushed by Democrats, claims:

“It is unlikely that the Maduro regime has an official policy of working with TDA or is actively guiding the group’s movements or activities within the United States.”

Critics say the report was strategically used to undermine President Trump’s invocation of wartime powers to crack down on illegal alien threats and secure the southern border.

Gabbard Slams Media for Twisting the Facts

Despite allowing the document’s release, Tulsi Gabbard blasted corporate media outlets for manipulating its contents to attack the president.

“Mainstream media is twisting and distorting intelligence findings to weaken President Trump’s America First agenda,” she said.

Deep State Officials with Long Ties to the Swamp

Collins, a veteran of nearly 30 years in the intelligence community, had served as chief of staff to the CIA’s deputy director. Langan-Riekhof also held multiple senior roles, including as a Middle East expert and leader of the council’s Strategic Futures Group.

Their exit sends a strong message: under the leadership of President Trump and Tulsi Gabbard, political games within the intelligence community will no longer be tolerated.