加巴德的信件由《福克斯新闻数字版》独家获取，称总统特朗普”特别指示”她出席佐治亚州富尔顿县搜查令的执行过程
作者：布鲁克·辛曼（Brooke Singman）
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年2月2日 美国东部时间晚上7:53
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，称总统特朗普”特别指示”她在上周富尔顿县搜查令执行期间在场，作为调查的一部分。
加巴德发送的信件由《福克斯新闻数字版》独家获取，收件人为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）。该信件还发送给了参众两院领导层以及两个委员会的共和党领导层。
[特朗普证实图尔西·加巴德在佐治亚州选举中心的行动]
这封信是对华纳和希姆斯上周发送的一封信的回应，信中要求加巴德简要说明她上个月为何出现在佐治亚州富尔顿县一家选举办公室的FBI搜查现场。
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》获取的信件中，加巴德表示，总统特朗普”特别指示”她于2026年1月28日出现在佐治亚州富尔顿县法院书记员办公室，见证FBI执行搜查令。
“在一段时间内，我陪同FBI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FBI人员执行美国北佐治亚地区法院根据可能原因认定发出的搜查令，”她写道。
国家情报总监图尔西·加巴德周二宣布撤销前情报官员的证件。（Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images）
加巴德表示，她的”在场是应总统要求，并根据我广泛的法定授权进行的，以协调、整合和分析与选举安全相关的情报，包括反情报（CI）、外国和其他恶意影响以及网络安全。”
“FBI的情报/反情报部门是我监督的18个要素之一，”她说。
加巴德称，在包括亚特兰大外地办事处在内的全国12个FBI外地办事处中，高级FBI官员（负责的助理主任或特别探员负责人）”身兼我作为国内国家情报总监代表的双重职务。”
“国内国家情报总监代表项目于2011年通过国家情报总监办公室与FBI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，重点关注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。
“在访问亚特兰大FBI外地办事处时，我感谢FBI探员的专业精神和出色工作，并协助总统与他们进行了简短的通话，亲自感谢他们的工作，”加巴德说。”他没有提出任何问题，他和我都没有发出任何指示。”
[FBI探员搜查佐治亚州富尔顿县选举中心]
加巴德强调，国家情报总监办公室总法律顾问办公室”认定我的行动符合并完全在我作为国家情报总监的法定权限范围内。”
上周，FBI探员被发现在佐治亚州富尔顿县的一个选举中心进行搜查，该地点自2020年以来一直是对选民欺诈问题和投诉的关注焦点。
弗吉尼亚州民主党参议员马克·华纳在2025年华盛顿的参议院听证会上质询拉斯·沃思（未在图中）。（Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images）
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，首先详细阐述了选举安全如何”是一个国家安全问题”。
“对美国选举的干预是对我国共和国的威胁，也是对国家安全的威胁，”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授权采取一切适当行动，以确保选举的完整性，并特别指示通过观察富尔顿县搜查令的执行来实现这一点。”
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领导、管理和协调与选举安全相关的反情报事务的责任的一部分，国家反情报和安全中心人员与我一同前往富尔顿县，以支持这项工作，”加巴德写道。”他们没有在搜查令执行期间在场。”
加巴德继续强调，国家情报总监办公室拥有”广泛的权力来协调、整合和分析与选举安全相关的情报”。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障关键网络基础设施（包括用于选举的网络基础设施）安全的战略。
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干涉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黑客攻击，这可能导致有决心的行为者操纵投票结果，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。她说，当时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和操纵，以改变投票结果。”加巴德在一次内阁会议上发表了上述评论，向总统强调这一信息”进一步推进了你在全国推行纸质选票的使命，以便选民能够对选举的完整性有信心。”
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，不受政治考虑的影响，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》特别强调，该法没有规定总统在启动重大情报活动前必须获得国会情报委员会的批准。
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“此外，美国北佐治亚地区法院秘密签发了对富尔顿县法院书记员办公室的搜查令，”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搜查令执行前没有能力、权限或责任向委员会通报此事。”
特朗普总统上周称赞加巴德在保护美国选举方面的工作。
“她非常努力地试图确保选举安全。她做得很好，”特朗普说。”而且，正如你所知，他们进入了投票，你在佐治亚州得到了法官的签名命令……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，司法部在12月起诉富尔顿县，寻求获取与2020年诉讼相关的选票，但FBI的搜查似乎与此无关。
富尔顿县正在起诉，称司法部没有提出获取这些记录的有效理由。
《福克斯新闻》布雷安娜·德皮施（Breanna Deppisch）为本报告撰稿。
EXCLUSIVE: Gabbard outlines election security assessment, presence at Fulton County search
Gabbard’s letter, exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital, says President Trump ‘specifically directed’ her to be present for the execution of the search warrant in Fulton County, Georgia
By Brooke Singman
Fox News
Published February 2, 2026 7:53pm EST
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.
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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.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced on Tuesday the revocation of former intelligence officials’ credentials.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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.”
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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.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., questions Russ Vought, not pictured, in a Senate hearing in 2025 in Washington.(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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.”
Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., talks with reporters after a briefing in the U.S. Capitol.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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.”
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“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.
