Kamlager-Dove Leads Members of the CBC in Calling for DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s Resignation Following Misleading and Politically Motivated Attacks on President Obama

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressional Black Caucus Whip Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) led members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), including the entire executive board, in a letter calling for the resignation of Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard. This letter follows the release of documents that accused President Obama and his cabinet of “manufacturing and politicizing” evidence against President Trump related to Russia’s proven interference in the 2016 Election. Read the statement from President Obama’s office here.

“As Director of National Intelligence, your job is to safeguard truth, not spread propaganda. Instead, you have abused your position to promote a partisan narrative rooted in conspiracy and discredited claims. This is not your first display of poor judgment, but it is your most egregious,” wrote the lawmakers. 

The lawmakers continued, “Your blatant misuse of your position as Intelligence Director to shield a 34-time convicted felon and adjudicated rapist from facing the truth is not only a moral failure, but a glaring betrayal of the very Constitution that you swore an oath to uphold.”

“We call on you to resign immediately so that new leadership can begin the urgent work of restoring integrity, rebuilding trust, and upholding the nonpartisan mission of the Intelligence Community before even more damage is done,” concluded the lawmakers.

The letter was signed by Reps. Amo, Bell, Carter, Clarke, Crockett, Horsford, Johnson, Kelly, McBath, McClellan, McIver, Meeks, Mfume, Moore, Sewell, Simon, Strickland, Thompson, Watson Coleman, Williams, and Wilson. 

The full letter can be viewed here. 

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