Mike Pence Questions If Trump’s Intel Head Pick Is Legally Able to Do The Job

Trump's 'Odd' Pick For Acting Intelligence Head Splits GOP: 'It's A Funny Pick, To Say The Least'

"We don't need a weaponized DNI. We need professionals there," Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said.

Profiles in Cowardice: GOP Senators Already Turning on Acting DNI Chief Bill Pulte as Democrat Senator Mark Warner Huddles with John Thune * The Gateway Pundit * by Cullen Linebarger

Key GOP Senators, including Senate Majority Leader Thune, are signaling they will be throwing the new acting DNI chief to the wolves.

Mike Pence Questions If Trump’s Intel Head Pick Is Legally Able to Do The Job

Former Vice President Mike Pence raised the possibility that President Donald Trump’s pick for acting Director of National Intelligence, Bill Pulte, may not be legally allowed to take the role. Pence spoke to CNN anchor Kate Bolduan on Wednesday, who asked him, “You have this announcement from the president — his now pick for acting director, Bill Pulte. What do you think of him?” “Well, I don’t know him,” Pence replied. Bolduan pressed, “Do you…

Transcript: Trump’s Vile Pick for Intel Chief Rattles GOP Senators

As Trump chooses the guy who works to jail his enemies as his new director of national intelligence, a legal observer explains why this could lead to a true nightmare scenario.

Senators Thune and Cotton React to Pulte as Acting ODNI

In this The Conservative Treehouse article, Sundance argues that the reaction from Senate Republicans to Bill Pulte serving as acting ODNI reveals a deeper power struggle over who controls the intelligence community. The article says Senate Majority Leader John Thune deferred questions about Pulte’s acting ODNI role to Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton. Sundance...

Thune Rips "Weaponized" Pick To Replace Gabbard

The Hill reports: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters “we don’t need a weaponized” director of national intelligence when asked about Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte, the homebuilder and director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), to serve as acting head of the nation’s intelligence services. “If they nominate him to take the position permanently, he’ll have to go through a confirmation process and hearings and…