Chris Murphy Says Tulsi Gabbard Likely Disinvited From Briefing over ...
- Tulsi Gabbard was removed from a June 2025 Senate briefing on U.S. strikes in Iran and its nuclear program while other officials including CIA Director Ratcliffe attended.
- Her removal followed disputes over her claims that Iran's nuclear facilities were destroyed and that Iran is not actively building a nuclear weapon, contradicting some intelligence assessments.
- Satellite images confirm monumental damage to Iran's nuclear sites, though the Defense Intelligence Agency assessed the setbacks as limited to months, while the CIA noted severe damage.
- Senator Chris Murphy condemned Gabbard's exclusion, calling it unprecedented, while President Trump publicly declared her judgment was "wrong" and expressed frustration over her remarks.
- Gabbard's sidelining signals diminished influence amid criticism that she lacks substantive priorities and faces political challenges within the intelligence community around her role.
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‘She Wasn’t Going to Toe the Line’: Tulsi Gabbard Blocked from Iran Briefing for Defying Trump’s Narrative
The Trump administration kept Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard out of a critical classified briefing on the U.S. airstrikes in Iran — because she wouldn’t back up Donald Trump’s narrative. That’s according to Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), who said Gabbard’s absence from the high-level Capitol Hill meeting was no accident. “I’ve never, ever been part of a major cabinet-level classified briefing where the Director of National Intelli…
Chris Murphy says Tulsi Gabbard likely disinvited from briefing over ...

Murphy says Gabbard was ‘banned’ from Iran briefing as White House cites scheduling
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said the White House “banned” Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard from a congressional briefing on Iran. Gabbard had been at odds with the administration over her claim in March that the intelligence community believed Iran…
US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard is not participating in a Senate briefing on Iran on Thursday. US expert Jan Hallenberg believes she is already, or is about to, be out in the cold. – A sign of the president's dissatisfaction, he says.
'Where's Tulsi?' MAGA host says emperor has no clothes after Gabbard sidelined
MAGA TV host Gina Loudon called out President Donald Trump's administration after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was expected to be absent from Senate intelligence briefings on Iran.After The Washington Post reported that Gabbard, who had initially said Iran was not close to having a nuclear weapon, had been sidelined, Loudon demanded answers during a conversation with MAGA influencer Steve Bannon on Thursday."I just can't prete…
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