{"id":2452681,"date":"2025-06-26T23:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T03:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/murphy-says-gabbard-was-banned-from-iran-briefing-as-white-house-cites-scheduling-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T23:19:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T03:19:52","slug":"murphy-says-gabbard-was-banned-from-iran-briefing-as-white-house-cites-scheduling-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/murphy-says-gabbard-was-banned-from-iran-briefing-as-white-house-cites-scheduling-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Murphy says Gabbard was \u2018banned\u2019 from Iran briefing as White House cites scheduling &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fmurphy-says-gabbard-was-banned-from-iran-briefing-as-white-house-cites-scheduling-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=2452681&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>in a recent development, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) criticized the White House for allegedly banning Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard from a congressional briefing on Iran. Murphy expressed that he had never witnessed such an action in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-no-need-for-trump-to-still-receive-intelligence-briefings\/\" title=\"Biden: \u2018No Need\u2019 For ... To Still Receive ... ...s\">classified briefing<\/a>, suggesting that the administration may have known gabbard would challenge their narrative regarding Iran&#8217;s nuclear program. Gabbard had previously claimed that new intelligence indicated Iran&#8217;s nuclear facilities had been destroyed, contradicting President Trump&#8217;s assertion that her claims were incorrect. Following her removal from the briefing, a White House official stated that Gabbard was not scheduled to attend, emphasizing that CIA Director John Ratcliffe would represent the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-attorney-sidney-powell-confirms-alleged-dominion-servers-in-germany-were-confiscated-video\/\" title=\"HUGE! Attorney Sidney Powell CONFIRMS Alleged Dominion Servers in Germany Were Confiscated -- VIDEO\">intelligence community<\/a>. The situation occurs in the context of the White House&#8217;s plans to restrict classified intelligence sharing with Congress due to prior leaks, a decision opposed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).  <\/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\">Murphy says Gabbard was &lsquo;banned&rsquo; from Iran briefing as White House cites scheduling<\/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_2159292\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chris-murphy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Chris Murphy<\/a> (D-CT) said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a> &ldquo;banned&rdquo; Director of National Intelligence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a> from a congressional briefing on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard has been at odds with the administration over her claim in March that the intelligence community believed Iran was not building a nuclear weapon. President Donald Trump said her March claim was &ldquo;wrong&rdquo; last week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3455851\/iran-nuclear-strike-briefing-reveals-gop-confidence-democratic-skepticism\/\">Iran briefing reveals GOP confidence and Democratic skepticism over nuclear setback<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3455820\/senate-pass-trump-bill-vote-risks-sliding-into-weekend\/\">Trump tax bill vote risks sliding into weekend as Thune&nbsp;battles Senate holdouts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3455817\/ron-johnson-tariffs-permanent-shrink-deficit\/\">&lsquo;Free trader&rsquo; Ron Johnson floats permanent tariffs to shrink federal deficit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never, ever&nbsp;been part of a major Cabinet-level classified briefing where&nbsp;the director of national&nbsp;intelligence was banned from the&nbsp;room,&rdquo; Murphy told CNN. &ldquo;It stands to reason that they knew that she was not going to toe the line. She was likely to refuse to say what the administration wants, which is that [Iran&rsquo;s nuclear] program was obliterated.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sen. Chris Murphy on Tulsi Gabbard not being in the room for the briefing today: &ldquo;I mean, I&#8217;ve never, ever been part of a major Cabinet-level classified briefing where the director of national intelligence was banned from the room.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>(WH says she wasn&rsquo;t scheduled to be there.) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sBHx7tevx7\">pic.twitter.com\/sBHx7tevx7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaitlancollins\/status\/1938410861506302276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Gabbard wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DNIGabbard\/status\/1937934899710710170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">a post on X<\/a> on Wednesday that &ldquo;new intelligence&rdquo; showed &ldquo;Iran&rsquo;s nuclear facilities have been destroyed.&rdquo; She said rebuilding them would take years, rejecting past intelligence leaks that showed the strikes on the nuclear facilities delayed Iran&rsquo;s nuclear program by just months.<\/p>\n<p>A senior White House official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/tulsi-gabbard-dropped-from-intelligence-briefing-as-trump-rages-over-leak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told the <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/tulsi-gabbard-dropped-from-intelligence-briefing-as-trump-rages-over-leak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Daily Beast<\/a> <\/em>that &ldquo;CIA Director Ratcliffe will represent the intelligence community tomorrow while Tulsi Gabbard continues her critical work at DNI. The media is turning this into something it&rsquo;s not.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The DNI also blamed the media for allegedly distorting the intelligence report. &ldquo;The propaganda media has deployed their usual tactic: selectively release portions of illegally leaked classified intelligence assessments (intentionally leaving out the fact that the assessment was written with &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >low confidence&#038;rsquo<\/a>\ud83d\ude09 to try to undermine President Trump&rsquo;s decisive leadership and the brave servicemen and women who flawlessly executed a truly historic mission to keep the American people safe and secure,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard was initially scheduled to attend a briefing with senators on Tuesday, but the meeting was postponed to Thursday and Gabbard was removed from those attending, which included Ratcliffe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear whether she will attend a similar briefing for the House on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard&rsquo;s exclusion comes as the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2025\/06\/25\/iran-intelligence-sharing-gabbard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">plans to limit<\/a> classified intelligence sharing with Congress because of the past leaked intelligence. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said the decision should be undone.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The administration has no right to stonewall Congress on matters of national security,&rdquo; Schumer said on the Senate floor. &ldquo;Senators deserve information, and the administration has a legal obligation to inform Congress precisely about what is happening right now abroad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3432873\/trump-travel-ban-what-to-know-countries-affected\/\"><strong>TRUMP TRAVEL BAN: WHAT TO KNOW AS 12 NATIONS ARE BARRED FROM ENTRY TO US<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The administration and Trump have taken offense at anyone suggesting the sites were anything less than destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Monumental Damage was done to all Nuclear sites in Iran, as shown by satellite images. Obliteration is an accurate term! The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/monumental-damage-satellite-pics-of-nuke-sites-confirm-trump-was-right-in-a-yuge-way\/\" title=\"&#039;Monumental Damage&#039;: Satellite Pics of Nuke Sites Confirm ... Was Right in a Yuge Way\">white structure shown<\/a> is deeply imbedded into the rock, with even its roof well below ground level, and completely shielded from flame. The biggest damage took place far below ground level. Bullseye!!!&rdquo; he wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114730186433008075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">in a post on Truth Social.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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_2159292\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2159292\"}});<\/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>Murphy claims Gabbard was &#8216;banned&#8217; from Iran briefing, citing scheduling issues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2452682,"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\/02\/Tulsi-testifies-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[51130,58006,8138,15124,32127],"class_list":["post-2452681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-gabbard-2","tag-iran-briefing","tag-murphy","tag-scheduling","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Tulsi-testifies-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452681","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452681"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452685,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452681\/revisions\/2452685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2452682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}