{"id":2427496,"date":"2025-04-25T10:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T14:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gabbard-refers-alleged-intelligence-leakers-to-doj-for-prosecution-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T10:56:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T14:56:55","slug":"gabbard-refers-alleged-intelligence-leakers-to-doj-for-prosecution-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gabbard-refers-alleged-intelligence-leakers-to-doj-for-prosecution-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabbard refers alleged intelligence leakers to DOJ for prosecution &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgabbard-refers-alleged-intelligence-leakers-to-doj-for-prosecution-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2427496&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Tulsi gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, announced that she has referred alleged leakers of classified data to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for prosecution. During her appearance on Fox News&#8217;s &#8220;Fox &#038; Friends,&#8221; Gabbard emphasized the seriousness of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-dakota-lowers-unemployment-to-pre-pandemic-levels-after-state-rejected-lockdowns\/\" title=\"South Dakota Lowers Unemployment to Pre-Pandemic Levels After State Rejected Lockdowns\">leaking classified information<\/a>, stating that it is indeed illegal and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-ends-remain-in-mexico-policy-allows-asylum-seekers-into-us\/\" title=\"Biden Ends \u2018Remain in Mexico\u2019 Policy, Allows Asylum Seekers Into US\">undermines national security<\/a>. She mentioned that her actions are part of a commitment to address the politicization of intelligence that she believes is aimed at hindering President Trump&#8217;s policies and efforts to protect American citizens. Gabbard noted that at least two individuals have already been referred for investigation, wiht more expected to follow, as the leaks are thoght to be selectively made to the media to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-rogan-says-2020-election-was-for-sure-rigged-by-media\/\" title=\"Joe Rogan claims media rigged 2020 election.\">manipulate public perception<\/a>. She asserted that the intent behind these leaks is clear: to damage the credibility and effectiveness of the Trump administration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Gabbard refers alleged intelligence leakers to DOJ for prosecution<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2102062\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Director of National Intelligence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tulsi Gabbard <\/a>said <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">referring alleged leakers<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Justice<\/a> for prosecution represents a continued effort to root out the politicization of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">intelligence<\/a> and national security.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is illegal to leak classified information,&rdquo; Gabbard said during an appearance on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox &amp; Friends<\/em>. &ldquo;What you&rsquo;re seeing here is me carrying out on the promise and the mandate that the American people gave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3391443\/fbi-arrests-milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan-obstructing-ice-operations\/\">FBI arrests Milwaukee judge Hannah Dugan over obstructing ICE operations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3391348\/trump-xi-jinping-phone-call-trade-negotiations-china-tariffs\/\">Trump plays coy on apparent trade talks with China&#8217;s Xi Jinping<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3391355\/schatz-earns-support-cory-booker-durbin-democratic-whip\/\">Schatz earns Cory Booker support to replace Durbin as Democratic whip<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We conducted our own internal investigation,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;We have referred them now to the Department of Justice and the FBI for an official criminal investigation because these are crimes, and people need to be accountable to put a stop to this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2906522&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=da813ba666000f2bc97041f6eefbdbaf\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gabbard said at least two individuals have been referred to the DOJ, and another is likely on the way.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When we look at the examples that I&rsquo;ve seen, just in the short time that I&rsquo;ve been in this position, what they consist of is essentially very selective leaks to their friends in the propaganda media that twist and manipulate intelligence directly to undermine the president&rsquo;s policies and his aggressive work to keep the American people safe,&rdquo; Gabbard said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3384461\/tulsi-gabbard-releases-ten-thousand-files-rfk-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TULSI GABBARD RELEASES OVER 10,000 FILES RELATED TO RFK ASSASSINATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She added that these three investigations are just the first, and more individuals are being investigated internally.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In each one of these examples, I can tell you, we know that the intent, based on the result that we&rsquo;ve seen through their leaks to the<em> Washington Post<\/em>, the<em> New York Times<\/em>, and other outlets, <em>Huffington Post <\/em>and others, has been directly to undermine President Trump and the work that he&rsquo;s doing,&rdquo; Gabbard said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2102062\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2102062\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gabbard sends alleged intelligence leakers to DOJ for prosecution, emphasizing the need to combat politicization in national security<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2644,"featured_media":2427497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tulsi-Gabbard-jan-2025-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7076,51130,4786,51101,10401],"class_list":["post-2427496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-doj","tag-gabbard-2","tag-intelligence","tag-leakers","tag-prosecution"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tulsi-Gabbard-jan-2025-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2644"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2427496"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2427500,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427496\/revisions\/2427500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2427497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2427496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2427496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2427496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}