独家报道： 国家情报总监图尔西·加巴德（Tulsi Gabbard）在周一致国会议员的一封信中详细阐述了她正在进行的选举安全评估，称特朗普总统“特别指示”她上周出现在佐治亚州富尔顿县的搜查令执行现场，作为调查的一部分。
加巴德向参议院情报委员会副主席、弗吉尼亚州民主党参议员马克·华纳（Mark Warner）和众议院情报委员会高级成员、康涅狄格州民主党众议员吉姆·希姆斯（Jim Himes）发送了这封信，该信件也被独家提供给《福克斯新闻数字版》。信件还抄送给了参众两院领导层以及两个委员会的共和党领导层。
这封信是对华纳和希姆斯上周发送的一封信的回应，后者要求加巴德简要说明她上月为何出现在佐治亚州富尔顿县的一个选举办公室接受联邦调查局（FBI）搜查。
加巴德于2025年4月宣布，国家情报总监办公室（ODNI）正在调查电子投票系统，以保护选举完整性。
在《福克斯新闻数字版》获得的信件中，加巴德表示，特朗普总统“特别指示”她于2026年1月28日出现在美国联邦调查局对佐治亚州富尔顿县法院书记员办公室的搜查令执行现场。
“有一小段时间，我陪同联邦调查局副局长贝利（Bailey）和亚特兰大代理特别探员负责人皮特·埃利斯（Pete Ellis）观察了美国联邦调查局人员执行搜查令的过程，该搜查令由美国北佐治亚州联邦地区法院根据有理由的认定签发，”她写道。
加巴德表示，她的“出现是应总统的要求，在我根据广泛的法定权力进行协调、整合和分析与选举安全相关的情报（包括反情报（CI）、外国及其他恶意影响和网络安全）的过程中执行的。”
“联邦调查局的情报/反情报部门是我监督的18个部门之一，”她说。
加巴德称，在全国12个联邦调查局外地办事处（包括亚特兰大外地办事处）中，高级联邦调查局官员（负责的助理局长或特别探员负责人）“身兼国家情报总监国内代表的双重职务。”
“国内国家情报总监代表计划于2011年通过国家情报总监办公室与联邦调查局之间的谅解备忘录建立，”加巴德解释道。“国内国家情报总监代表按地区分配，专注于特定的国内关切或感兴趣的问题，包括对关键基础设施的威胁。”
加巴德称，她已经访问了全国“多个”她的国内国家情报总监代表。
“在访问联邦调查局亚特兰大外地办事处时，我感谢了联邦调查局探员的专业精神和出色工作，并促成了总统与他们的简短通话，以亲自感谢他们的工作，”加巴德说。“他没有提出任何问题，也没有我或他发布任何指令。”
加巴德强调，国家情报总监办公室总法律顾问办公室“认为我的行为是一致的，并且完全在我作为国家情报总监的法定权力范围内。”
上周，有人看到联邦调查局特工在佐治亚州富尔顿县的一个选举中心进行搜查，自2020年以来，该地点一直是关于选民欺诈的担忧和投诉的核心。
根据《福克斯新闻》审查的搜查令副本，该搜查令授权扣押与2020年选举相关的选举记录、投票名单和其他数据。
加巴德接着回答了华纳和希姆斯最初提出的具体问题，首先详细说明了选举安全如何“是一个国家安全问题”。
“对美国选举的干预是对我们共和国的威胁，也是一个国家安全威胁，”她写道。“总统及其政府致力于维护美国选举的完整性，以确保无论是外国还是国内势力都不会破坏美国人民决定我们当选领导人的权利。”
加巴德表示，特朗普总统“责成国家情报总监办公室根据我的法定权力采取一切适当行动，以确保选举的完整性，并特别指示观察富尔顿县搜查令的执行情况。”
加巴德再次指出，自她上任以来，国家情报总监办公室一直在“积极审查有关选举完整性的情报报告和评估”。
“作为国家反情报和安全中心（NCSC）领导、管理和协调与选举安全相关的反情报事项的责任的一部分，NCSC人员陪同我前往富尔顿县以支持这项工作，”加巴德写道。“他们在执行搜查令期间并未在场。”
加巴德继续强调，国家情报总监拥有“协调、整合和分析与选举安全相关的情报的广泛权力”。她还补充说，国家情报总监办公室是“联合网络规划办公室的主要情报机构”，该办公室协调和监督国家保护关键网络基础设施（包括用于选举的网络基础设施）的战略。
加巴德还告诉议员们，国家情报总监办公室“不会不负责任地分享关于外国或其他恶意势力干预美国选举的不完整情报评估。”
“正如我在2025年4月10日公开声明的那样，有信息和情报报告表明，美国使用的电子投票系统长期以来容易受到利用，这可能使有决心的行为者能够操纵投票结果，以改变选举结果，”她写道。
“国家情报总监办公室和情报界继续收集和评估有关这一威胁的所有可用情报，以确保我们选举的安全和完整性，”她说。
2025年4月，加巴德表示国家情报总监办公室正在调查选举完整性。她当时称，国家情报总监办公室“有证据表明电子投票系统长期以来容易受到黑客攻击，容易被操纵投票结果。”加巴德在一次内阁会议上发表了上述评论，向总统强调，这些信息“进一步推动了你在全国推行纸质选票的使命，以使选民能够对选举的完整性抱有信心。”
与此同时，在信中，加巴德解释说，评估情报的过程“确保情报界的最终情报产品是客观的、不受政治考虑影响的，并基于所有可用来源。”
“一旦完成，我将与国会分享我们的情报评估，”她说。
加巴德表示，1947年《国家安全法》明确指出，该法律“不要求总统在启动重大情报活动前获得国会情报委员会的批准。”
“此外，美国北佐治亚州联邦地区法院在密封状态下向富尔顿县法院书记员办公室签发了搜查令，”她写道。“因此，我没有看到搜查令或司法部提交法院批准的可能原因证据。”
她补充说：“因此，国家情报总监办公室在执行搜查令之前没有能力、权力或责任向委员会通报该搜查令。”
特朗普总统上周称赞加巴德在保护美国选举方面的工作。
“她非常努力地致力于确保选举安全，并且做得非常出色，”特朗普说。“而且，如你所知，他们进入了投票，你在佐治亚州获得了一份法官签署的命令……你会看到一些有趣的事情发生。他们为此努力了很长时间。”
与此同时，司法部于12月起诉富尔顿县，要求获取与2020年诉讼相关的选票，尽管联邦调查局的搜查似乎与此无关。
富尔顿县正在对诉讼进行抗辩，称司法部没有提出获取这些记录的有效理由。
《福克斯新闻》布里安娜·德皮施（Breanna Deppisch）对此报道有贡献。
EXCLUSIVE: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard detailed her ongoing election security assessment in a letter to congressional lawmakers Monday, saying President Trump “specifically directed” her to be present for the execution of a search warrant in Fulton County, Georgia last week as part of the probe.
Gabbard sent a letter, exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital, addressed to Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn. The letter was also sent to House and Senate leadership, as well as GOP leadership on both committees.
The letter is in response to one sent last week by Warner and Himes, in which they request Gabbard brief them on why she was present at the FBI search of an election office in Fulton County, Ga. last month.
Gabbard announced in April 2025 that ODNI was investigating electronic voting systems in order to protect election integrity.
In the letter, obtained by Fox News Digital, Gabbard said President Trump “specifically directed” her to be at the FBI’s execution of a search warrant on the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Fulton County, Georgia last month—on Jan. 28, 2026.
“For a brief period of time, I accompanied FBI Deputy Director Bailey and Atlanta Acting Special Agent in Charge Pete Ellis in observing FBI personnel executing that search warrant, issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia pursuant to a probable cause finding,” she writes.
Gabbard said her “presence was requested by the President and executed under my broad statutory authority to coordinate, integrate, and analyze intelligence related to election security, including counterintelligence (CI), foreign and other malign influence and cybersecurity.”
“The FBI’s Intelligence/Counterintelligence divisions are one of the 18 elements that I oversee,” she said.
Gabbard said that in twelve FBI field offices across the country, including the Atlanta Field Office, the senior FBI official (assistant director in charge or special agent in charge) is “dual-hatted as my Domestic DNI-Representative.”
“The Domestic DNI-Rep program was established in 2011 through a Memorandum of Understanding between the ODNI and FBI,” Gabbard explained. “Domestic DNI-Reps are distributed by region and focus on specific domestic issues of concern or interest, including threats to critical infrastructure.”
Gabbard said that she has visited “several” of her Domestic DNI-Reps across the country.
“While visiting the FBI Field Office in Atlanta, I thanked the FBI agents for their professionalism and great work, and facilitated a brief phone call for the President to thank the agents personally for their work,” Gabbard said. “He did not ask any questions, nor did he or I issue any directives.”
Gabbard stressed that the ODNI’s Office of General Counsel “has found my actions to be consistent and well within my statutory authority as the Director of National Intelligence.”
Last week, FBI agents were seen carrying out a search at an election hub in Fulton County, Georgia, a location that became ground zero for concerns and complaints about voter fraud beginning in 2020.
The search warrant authorized the seizure of election records, voting rolls and other data tied to the 2020 election, according to a copy of the warrant reviewed by Fox News.
Gabbard went on to address specific questions initially posed by Warner and Himes, first, detailing how election security “is a national security issue.”
“Interference in U.S. elections is a threat to our republic and a national security threat,” she writes. “The President and his Administration are committed to safeguarding the integrity of U.S. elections to ensure that neither foreign nor domestic powers undermine the American people’s right to determine who our elected leaders are.”
Gabbard said that President Trump “tasked ODNI with taking all appropriate actions” under her statutory authorities towards “ensuring the integrity of our elections and specifically directed by observance of the execution of the Fulton County search warrant.”
Gabbard again noted that ODNI has been “actively reviewing intelligence reporting and assessments on election integrity” since she took office.
“As part of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center’s responsibility to lead, manage, and coordinate counterintelligence matters related to election security, NCSC personnel traveled with me to Fulton County to support this effort,” Gabbard wrote. “They were not present during the execution of the warrant.”
Gabbard goes on to stress that the DNI has “broad authority to coordinate, integrate, and analyze intelligence related to election security.” Gabbard also added that ODNI is “the lead intelligence agency in the Joint Cyber Planning Office,” which coordinates and oversees the nation’s strategy to secure critical cyber infrastructure, “including cyber infrastructure used for elections.”
Gabbard also told lawmakers that ODNI “will not irresponsibly share incomplete intelligence assessments concerning foreign or other malign interference in U.S. elections.”
“As I publicly stated on 10 April 2025, there is information and intelligence reporting suggesting that electronic voting systems being used in the United States have long been vulnerable to exploitation that could result in enabling determined actors to manipulate the results of the votes being cast with the intent of changing the outcome of an election,” she wrote.
“ODNI and the IC continue to collect and assess all available intelligence concerning this threat to ensure the security and integrity of our elections,” she said.
In April 2025, Gabbard said ODNI is investigating election integrity. She said, at the time, that ODNI had “evidence of how electronic voting systems have been vulnerable to hackers for a very long time and vulnerable to exploitation, to manipulate the results of the votes being cast.” Gabbard made the comments during a Cabinet meeting, stressing to the president that the information “further drives forward your mandate to bring about paper ballots across the country so that voters can have faith in the integrity of our elections.”
Meanwhile, in the letter, Gabbard explained that the process of assessing the intelligence “ensures that the IC’s finished intelligence products are objective, independent of political considerations, and based on all available sources.”
“I will share our intelligence assessments with Congress once they are complete,” she said.
Gabbard said that the National Security Act of 1947 specifically highlights that the law does “not require that the president obtain approval from the congressional intelligence committees before initiating a significant intelligence activity.”
“Moreover, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia issued the search warrant on the Office of the Clerk of The Court of Fulton County under seal,” she writes. “As such, I have not seen the warrant or the evidence of probable cause that the DOJ submitted to Court for approval.”
She added: “Therefore, the ODNI had no ability, authority, or responsibility to inform the committees about the search warrant ahead of its execution.”
President Trump last week touted Gabbard on her work to protect elections in the U.S.
“She’s working very hard on trying to keep the election safe. And she’s done a very good job,” Trump said. “And they, as you know, they got into the votes, you got a signed judge’s order in Georgia…And you’re going to see some interesting things happening. They’ve been trying to get there for a long time.”
Meanwhile, the Justice Department sued Fulton County in December seeking access to ballots related to the 2020 lawsuit, though the FBI’s search appears unrelated.
Fulton County is fighting the lawsuit and says the Justice Department has not made a valid argument for accessing the records.
Fox News’ Breanna Deppisch contributed to this report.