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华盛顿讯——特朗普总统周二宣布，他将提名住房官员比尔·普尔特尔担任代理国家情报总监，以接替将于本月底卸任的图尔西·加巴德。
普尔特尔是联邦住房金融局局长，一直是本届政府中最具争议的成员之一。他曾向司法部提交刑事举报，指控包括纽约州总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯、参议员亚当·希夫、美联储理事丽莎·库克和前众议员埃里克·斯沃韦尔在内的多名特朗普政治对手存在抵押贷款欺诈行为。特朗普曾援引针对库克的欺诈指控，为试图解雇她提供依据，该案件目前正由最高法院审理。
上述四人均否认存在不当行为，截至目前，仅针对詹姆斯的调查提出了刑事指控，但该案件最终被驳回。
国会山的民主党人要求无党派的政府问责局调查普尔特尔是否“可能滥用联邦权力和资源，公开指控知名民主党人和唐纳德·特朗普认定的政治对手存在抵押贷款欺诈行为”。该局去年12月证实，正在调查联邦住房金融局的抵押贷款欺诈调查程序以及该流程近期的任何变动。周二，政府问责局的一位发言人表示，预计将在“2026年末或2027年初”公布调查结果。
特朗普在其Truth社交平台的发帖中宣布了这一任命，他表示，除执掌国家情报总监办公室外，普尔特尔将继续担任联邦住房金融局局长，以及房利美和房地美主席。
“威廉拥有管理美国最敏感事务的丰富经验，包括市场的安全与稳健，以及房利美/房地美超过10万亿美元的资产规模，这一数字相较于仅12个月前已有大幅增长，”特朗普写道，“在此期间，他将继续担任联邦住房金融局局长，以及房利美/房地美主席。祝贺普尔特尔局长！”
代理官员可在职位空缺开始后任职210天。加巴德于5月宣布将于6月30日辞职，原因是她的丈夫被诊断出患有罕见的骨癌。按照这一时间线，普尔特尔的任职期限将持续至2027年1月26日。
总统尚未表明是否会提名普尔特尔或其他人担任该职位的常任人选。
“总统会挑选最优秀、最具才干的人士进入内阁，”白宫发言人戴维斯·英格尔说道，“这也是本届政府为美国民众取得创纪录成就的原因。比尔·普尔特尔是绝佳人选，他将代表美国民众出色完成工作。”
美国医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心负责人穆罕默德·奥兹博士周二担任白宫简报会主持人，被问及总统对普尔特尔的任命时，他表示：“我信任总统的判断。他看人眼光敏锐，学习能力极强，能够洞察他人的情感特质以及在困境中坚持下去的能力，因此我对他的决定有信心。”
普尔特尔于2025年3月以56票赞成、43票反对的结果获得确认，出任联邦住房金融局局长，其中有三名民主党议员投了赞成票。
在加巴德任职期间，国家情报总监办公室进行了重大重组，通过去年夏天启动的“国家情报总监办公室2.0”计划，裁员或重新调配了40%的工作人员，并合并了多个办公室和分析职能。政府官员表示，此次改革旨在精简该机构的臃肿架构，但批评人士称，此举削弱了国家情报总监办公室的机构能力，并将更多影响力重新转移至中央情报局等独立机构。
在加巴德任职期间，该办公室还因一系列解密工作以及与过往俄罗斯相关情报评估相关的政治化审查受到审查。与此同时，一些长期存在的国家情报总监办公室项目和办公室——包括自1997年以来每四年发布一次的“全球趋势”远程战略预测报告——似乎已作为此次改革的一部分被取消。
此次重组在情报界引发了更广泛的争论，争论焦点在于国家情报总监办公室的角色是否已被缩减为专注于政治任务，而非像911事件后成立时所预期的那样，成为主要的分析中心。一些现任和前任官员认为，普尔特尔上任后的改革可能会影响敏感评估的处理或发布，其中包括一份与异常健康事件（又称哈瓦那综合征）相关的报告，加巴德原本预计在离任前将其公开。
国家情报总监办公室未立即回应就普尔特尔的任命置评的请求。
参议院情报委员会最高民主党议员马克·华纳表示，普尔特尔的任命“充分说明了这位总统对美国最高情报官员的期望”。
“总统没有选择一位能够做出独立判断的受尊敬的国家安全专业人士，而是选择了一位不仅愿意而且急切地利用政府职权进行政治报复的官员，”华纳在一份长篇声明中说道。
“令人担忧的不仅是普尔特尔先生缺乏该职位所需的‘丰富国家安全经验’——该职位是在911事件导致数千美国人丧生的情报失败后设立的，”华纳补充道，“令人担忧的是，白宫似乎正是因为相信他会按照自己想要的叙事行事，而非提供我们所需的情报，才选择了他。”
同样在参议院情报委员会任职、近期连任失败的得克萨斯州共和党参议员约翰·科尼恩告诉记者：“我看不到他具备该职位所需的任何资质。”
2020年曾被考虑出任国家情报总监一职的缅因州独立参议员安格斯·金在一份声明中表示：“无论从任何客观标准来看——无论是经验、专业知识还是背景——这一任命都毫无道理。”
艾伦·赫对本报道亦有贡献。
Trump names controversial housing official Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence
June 2, 2026 / 1:43 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — President Trump on Tuesday announced he’s tapping housing official Bill Pulte to serve as the acting director of national intelligence to replace Tulsi Gabbard, who is stepping aside at the end of the month.
Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has been one of the most controversial members of the administration. He has sent criminal referrals to the Justice Department alleging mortgage fraud by a number of Mr. Trump’s political foes, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, Sen. Adam Schiff, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and former Rep. Eric Swalwell. Mr. Trump cited the fraud allegations against Cook to justify her attempted firing, which is currently before the Supreme Court.
All four have denied wrongdoing, and only the investigation into James has resulted in criminal charges to date. That case was eventually dismissed.
Democrats on Capitol Hill asked the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office to examine whether Pulte “potentially misused federal authority and resources to publicly accuse prominent Democrats and President Donald Trump’s perceived political enemies of mortgage fraud.” The office confirmed in December that it was investigating FHFA’s mortgage fraud investigation procedures and any recent changes in the process. On Tuesday, a GAO spokesperson said the office expects to issue the results in “late 2026 or early 2027.”
In addition to running the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Pulte will remain director of the FHFA and chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the president said in his post on Truth Social announcing the move.
“William has deep experience managing the most sensitive matters in America, the safety and soundness of the Markets, and over 10 Trillion Dollars at Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, a substantial increase from where it was just 12 months ago,” Mr. Trump wrote. “During this period, he will remain Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and Chairman of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac. Congratulations to Director Pulte!”
Acting officials may serve for 210 days from the start of a vacancy. Gabbard announced in May that she was resigning on June 30, citing her husband’s diagnosis with a rare form of bone cancer. That timeline means Pulte will be able to serve until Jan. 26, 2027.
The president has not indicated whether he will nominate Pulte or someone else for a permanent post.
“The president chooses the best and most talented people to serve in his Cabinet,” said White House spokesman Davis Ingle. “That is why this administration has achieved record successes for the American people. Bill Pulte is a great selection and he will do a great job on behalf of the American people.”
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, was the White House briefer Tuesday, and was asked about the president’s choice of Pulte.
“I do trust the president’s judgment,” Oz said. “He is a very sharp and quick study of people, their emotional abilities and their ability to persevere in the face of hardship, so I have confidence in his decision.”
Pulte was confirmed as director of the FHFA in March 2025 in a 56-43 vote, with three Democrats voting to approve him.
ODNI has undergone major restructuring under Gabbard, reducing or reassigning staff by 40% and consolidating several offices and analytic functions through its “ODNI 2.0” initiative that was implemented last summer. Administration officials have said the changes were intended to streamline bloat at the agency, while critics have said the moves have weakened ODNI’s institutional capacity and shifted more influence back toward standalone agencies like the CIA.
The office has also drawn scrutiny under Gabbard for a range of declassification efforts and politically charged reviews tied to past Russia-related intelligence assessments. At the same time, some longtime ODNI products and offices — including a long-range strategic forecast known as the “Global Trends” report, which had been published every four years since 1997 — appear to have been discontinued as part of the overhaul.
The restructuring has fueled a broader debate inside the intelligence community over whether ODNI’s role has been narrowed to a focus on political errands rather than serving as a major analytic center, as was intended at its founding after 9/11. Some current and former officials believe changes under Pulte could affect the handling or release of sensitive assessments, including a report related to Anomalous Health Incidents, also known as Havana Syndrome, that Gabbard was expected to make public before her departure.
ODNI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Pulte’s appointment.
Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, said Pulte’s selection “speaks volumes about what this president expects from the nation’s top intelligence official.”
“Rather than selecting a respected national security professional capable of delivering independent judgments, the president has chosen an official who has demonstrated not just willingness but eagerness to use the authorities of government to pursue political retribution,” Warner said in a lengthy statement.
“The concern is not only that Mr. Pulte lacks the ‘extensive national security experience’ required by statute for the job, which was created after intelligence failures led to the deaths of thousands of Americans on 9/11,” Warner added. “It is that he appears to have been selected precisely because the White House believes he will provide the narrative it wants, not the intelligence we need.”
GOP Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, who also sits on the Senate Select Intelligence Committee and recently lost his reelection bid, told reporters, “I see no evidence of any qualifications for that job.”
Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, who was considered for the DNI post in 2020, said in a statement, “By any objective assessment — in terms of experience, expertise, background — this appointment makes no sense.”
Alan He contributed to this report.
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