Trump aims to shrink ODNI as Pulte takes helm
TL;DR
President Donald Trump says incoming acting DNI Bill Pulte should shrink the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, prioritizing staff reductions and potentially removing personnel from the Biden and Obama administrations, while pressing for the release of information about the 2020 election; the appointment is temporary, and Republicans are divided over the plan given concerns about national-security expertise and political implications.
- Trump says he asked Pulte to gut intelligence agency Politico
- Trump administration’s plan to spin off mortgage giants Fannie and Freddie faces new uncertainty CNN
- Trump says Pulte won’t be his nominee for director of national intelligence AP News
- 3 GOP senators vote to bar Pulte from serving as temporary director of national intelligence The Hill
- Trump wants Bill Pulte to fire big chunk of national intelligence office staff: WSJ CNBC
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