WASHINGTON (AP) — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has withheld a complaint made about her conduct from members of Congress for eight months, claiming the delay is needed for a legal review, an attorney for the person making the allegations said Monday.
The complaint was reviewed by the office of the intelligence community's inspector general, which deemed it not credible, Gabbard's office said. The person then sought to have the complaint referred to members of Congress' intelligence committees, as is permitted by federal law, but that has not occurred.
Andrew Bakaj, the attorney for the person who made the complaint, said he could not identify his client, their employer or offer specifics about the allegations because of the nature of their work. But he said there's no justification for keeping the complaint from Congress since last spring.
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There was no delay in getting the complaint to members of the intelligence committees, Gabbard's press secretary Olivia Coleman said, though she added that the number of classified details in the complaint made the review process "substantially more difficult."
Gabbard's office disputed the claims, which were first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Coleman noted that the inspector general who deemed the complaint...
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