WASHINGTON — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is the subject of a mysterious whistleblower complaint that reportedly has languished for months while officials decide what to do about it.
Details of the complaint, first reported Monday by the Wall Street Journal, are not known, but an attorney for the whistleblower, Andrew Bakaj, accused Gabbard in a November letter of preventing lawmakers from receiving it.
“There was absolutely NO wrongdoing by DNI Gabbard,” a spokesperson for Gabbard’s office, Olivia Coleman, insisted in a statement posted on X.
“Even the Biden-era Intelligence Community Inspector General came to this conclusion, determining that the Whistleblower’s allegations against DNI Gabbard ‘did not appear credible.’”
A spokesperson for the Office of the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) told the Journal that specific allegations against Gabbard were found not to be credible while the truth of other claims in the complaint couldn’t be determined.
The ICIG’s office did not respond to a request for comment from The Post.
The Journal, citing officials, reported that the May complaint also involves a separate federal agency beyond the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and raises potential issues of executive privilege.
Due to its sensitivity, Bakaj claimed, Gabbard was obligated to provide guidance on what parts of the complaint to send to Congress — which the attorney alleged has not been done.
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