2026-06-04 8:11 PM UTC / 路透社
华盛顿6月4日路透电 — 美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周四表示，一旦比尔·普尔蒂的临时任命于明年年初到期，他将不会提名这位抵押贷款监管官员担任美国情报总监。
特朗普此番表态此前，民主党以及其所在共和党部分关键参议员曾对普尔蒂出任国家情报代理总监一职表示反对，理由是这位特朗普的忠实支持者缺乏国家安全领域工作经验。
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特朗普在椭圆形办公室对记者表示，他不会提名普尔蒂永久担任拥有18个机构的美国情报共同体的负责人。
这一提名需要参议院批准，而共和党领袖此前曾表示普尔蒂很难获得足够票数。设立该职位的法律要求提名人选必须具备丰富的国家安全工作经验。
“我认为他并不想担任永久职务，但他非常聪明，或许能揭露一些关于选举舞弊的情况，”特朗普说道，这番话显然是在指他已被证伪的2020年大选言论，当时他输给了民主党人乔·拜登。
“这是短期安排，但他在短期内可能会非常高效，”特朗普说。
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部分议员担忧，曾推动对特朗普眼中的对手展开抵押贷款欺诈调查的普尔蒂，可能会利用其担任国家情报代理总监期间接触绝密信息的权限，开展类似调查。
目前尚未有被普尔蒂列为调查目标的人员面临刑事指控。
特朗普于周二任命普尔蒂接任国家情报临时总监一职，图尔西·加巴德将于6月30日离任该职位。普尔蒂的任期将限制在210天以内。
加巴德曾参与白宫主导的行动，旨在寻找证据证实特朗普未经证实的指控：即他因外国黑客入侵电子投票机而输掉2020年大选。
普尔蒂的任命危及了共和党在6月12日《外国情报监控法》第702条到期前争取民主党议员支持重新授权该关键外国通信监控权限的票数。
参议院情报委员会资深民主党议员马克·沃纳虽然支持延长该权限，但他此前已警告，除非特朗普撤回对普尔蒂的任命，否则很难争取到民主党议员的支持。
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Trump says he will not nominate Pulte to be permanent intelligence chief
2026-06-04 8:11 PM UTC / Reuters
WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday indicated that he will not nominate mortgage regulator Bill Pulte to be the nation’s intelligence chief once his temporary appointment expires early next year.
His comments follow a backlash against Pulte’s appointment as acting director of national intelligence from Democrats and some key senators of his Republican Party over the Trump loyalist’s lack of national security experience.
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Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump indicated he would not nominate Pulte to serve permanently as the overseer of the 18-agency U.S. intelligence community.
That would require Senate confirmation, something that Republican leaders have suggested would be difficult for Pulte to win. The law that created the position requires that nominees possess extensive national security experience.
“I don’t think he would want to be permanent, but he is a very smart guy, and he may find out some things about the rigged elections,” Trump said, apparently referring to his discredited claim about the 2020 vote that he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
“It’s short-term, but he may be very effective for a short period of time,” Trump said.
Bill Pulte, nominated to be the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 27, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
Some lawmakers have expressed concerns that Pulte, who has pushed for mortgage fraud probes of Trump’s perceived foes, could do the same thing using the access he will have to top-secret information as acting director of national intelligence.
None of those targeted by Pulte have been criminally charged.
Trump on Tuesday tapped Pulte to take over as interim director of national intelligence when Tulsi Gabbard leaves the post on June 30. He would be limited to serving 210 days.
Gabbard has been involved in White House-directed efforts to find evidence proving Trump’s unproven allegation that he lost the 2020 election due to foreign hacking of electronic voting machines.
Pulte’s appointment has jeopardized Democratic votes that Republicans need to reauthorize a key foreign communications monitoring authority — Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — before it expires on June 12.
While he backs renewal of the authority, Mark Warner, the senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, has warned it will be difficult to find Democrats to support renewal of the authority unless Trump withdraws Pulte’s appointment.
Reporting by Bo Erickson in Washington; Writing by Bhargav Acharya and Jonathan Landay; Editing by David Ljunggren, Don Durfee and Matthew Lewis
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