Sen. Mark Warner and Rep. Jim Himes, the top Democrats on committees overseeing national intelligence, are calling on Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to brief them on why she was present at an FBI search of an election office in Georgia this week that has been central to conspiracy theories over President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss.
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In a letter, Warner and Himes say that it is “deeply concerning” that Gabbard participated in the domestic law enforcement action.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard steps out of a vehicle outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there in relation to the 2020 election, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the matter, in Union City, Georgia, Jan. 28, 2026. Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters
“The Intelligence Community should be focused on foreign threats and, as you yourself have testified, when those intelligence authorities are turned inwards the results can be devastating for Americans privacy and civil liberties,” the lawmakers added.
The search for records related to the 2020 election in Fulton County on Wednesday has raised concerns that the Trump administration is pursuing the president’s claims of a stolen election, claims that have been repeatedly refuted by courts and federal officials.
