Key GOP Senators, including Senate Majority Leader Thune, are signaling they will be throwing the new acting DNI chief to the wolves. And one powerful Democrat senator is poised to take advantage.
As The Gateway Punditreported, President Trump announced on Tuesday that Bill Pulte, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and Chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, will serve as acting Director of National Intelligence, replacing Tulsi Gabbard.
Trump also said that Pulte will remain Director of FHFA and the Chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac while serving as acting DNI. Pulte is also a huge favorite of Trump’s and extremely loyal to the president.
But Thune appears poised to knife Trump and Pulte in the back. Per The Hill, this is what he told reporters after hearing about the appointment.
“We don’t need a weaponized Director of National Intelligence,” Thunesaid. “We need professionals there.”
Thune also declined to say whether Pulte had the experience for the job and deferred to Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas.
He also declined to support Pulte.
“I have no observations on the matter,” he told CNN’s Manu Raju.
RAJU: Do you think Bill Pulte has the experience to be acting DNI?
THUNE: I’ll defer to Chairman Cotton
Source: The Gateway Pundit
