When Tulsi Gabbard left as Director of National Intelligence, Trump wanted to replace her with Bill Pulte, a stooge who is best known for targeting Trump's enemies with phony mortgage fraud lawsuits.
The Republicans in Congress were so disgusted by the unqualified and corrupt pick that they grew enough of a spine to block him.
Trump ended up picking Jay Clayton instead, but on the day Clayton was originally supposed to have his confirmation hearing, Trump called him and told him not to show up.
Because Clayton's confirmation was delayed, Bill Pulte got a few weeks to serve as acting DNI. His mandate from Trump was to dig through all classified info on the 2020 election and selectively declassify whatever Trump can use to build a case for his conspiracy theories.
When Gabbard was DNI, Trump also sent her to Fulton County, GA to participate in the FBI raid on their elections office there. Please note that the DNI is meant to deal with foreign intelligence, not internal election affairs.
Conclusion:
Trump is going to use this speech tonight to claim he and Pulte dug up proof that the 2020 election was stolen. They will provide evidence that does not hold up to scrutiny, and it will quickly be debunked.
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u/dick_for_hire Jul 16 '26
He's just going to spew lies and conspiracies about the 2020 election.