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Attorney General Pam Bondi, joined at left by FBI Director Kash Patel, and Jeanine Pirro, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, appear before reporters at the Justice Department, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington, to announce the capture of a key participant in the 2012 attack on a U.S. compound that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bondi dismisses concerns over Gabbard’s role in FBI search of Georgia election hub

February 6, 2026

Attorney General Pam Bondi says she’s not worried about the involvement of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in an FBI search of a Georgia election office. Bondi said Friday that Gabbard’s presence reflects government collaboration. President Donald Trump has offered a new explanation for Gabbard’s presence, saying Bondi had requested it. Gabbard told lawmakers this week that Trump asked her to join the search related to the 2020 election in Georgia’s most populous county. Democrats have raised concerns about the blurring of lines between intelligence work and domestic law enforcement. They are seeking answers about her involvement.

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CIA Director John Ratcliffe departs a classified briefing for senators at the Capitol on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

New CIA report criticizes investigation into Russia’s support for Trump in 2016

July 2, 2025

A newly released report from the CIA challenges the work intelligence agencies did to investigate Russia’s support for Donald Trump ahead of the 2016 election. The declassified report released Wednesday doesn’t contradict any specific intelligence but says top intelligence officials created a politicized environment and relied too much on unverified information. The report does not address several subsequent reports that reached similar conclusions about Russia’s preference for Trump, including a bipartisan 2020 report from the Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee. The panel detailed how Russia launched an aggressive effort to interfere in the election on Trump’s behalf.

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