Leaked Call Reveals Gabbard’s Final Humiliation

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Tulsi Gabbard got a phone call from her own successor telling her she was done—even though she hadn’t heard a word of it from the president.

The elevation of Bill Pulte, 38, the nepo baby Trump appointee tapped to replace Gabbard as acting director of national intelligence, sparked a bipartisan revolt in Congress.

It also stalled the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, with lawmakers balking at handing expanded surveillance powers to a man who, at the time of his appointment, https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/05/politics/pulte-intelligence-chief-security-clearance" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/05/politics/pulte-intelligence-chief-security-clearance">didn’t even have a security clearance to handle classified information, as CNN reported.

It has now emerged that Pulte had called Gabbard, 45, on Tuesday to inform the outgoing spy chief that her time was up—that very same day.

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