The intelligence official was at the FBI seizure of election records in Georgia.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has now become a central figure in President Donald Trump's demands for a criminal probe into his false claims of fraud in the 2020 election.
And congressional Democrats are demanding answers about why the president's spy chief -- who normally deals with foreign intelligence threats -- is involved.
Gabbard has taken a leading role in efforts to investigate voting records from Fulton County, Georgia, a swing state that went blue in 2020 and helped secure Joe Biden's victory.
She was seen on Wednesday at the county's Elections Hub and Operations Center as the FBI conducted a search warrant and seized voting records, but she did not explain her presence in any statements.
When asked about what she was doing at the elections office, Trump told reporters Thursday night that she was "working very hard on trying to keep the election safe."
"You got a signed judge's order in Georgia, and you see some interesting things happening. They've been trying to get there for a long time," the president said.
Last week, Trump warned there would be prosecutions related to the 2020 election.
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