Deputy AG Contradicts Trump on FBI Election Probe, Claims Tulsi Gabbard Is ‘Not Part of This Investigation’

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche raised more questions than answers during an interview with Fox News on Monday night.

On Wednesday, FBI agents executed a search warrant at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Georgia, which President Donald Trump lost in 2020. Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, was photographed on the scene inside a vehicle containing boxes of documents taken from the site. Notably, Gabbard has no oversight of the FBI and no statutory investigative authority. Nevertheless, Trump, who falsely claims the 2020 election was rigged against him, said last week that Gabbard is on the case.

“She’s working very hard on trying to keep the election safe,” Trump said. “As you know, they got into the votes. She got a signed judge’s order.”

On Monday, The New York Times reported that Gabbard and multiple FBI agents had a phone call with Trump about the investigation the day after the raid.

Appearing on The Ingraham Angle, Blanche was asked about Gabbard’s role.

“What can you tell us about that?” Laura Ingraham asked.

“So, this is an FBI investigation,” replied Blanche, who previously served as Trump’s personal attorney. “And it’s a grand jury investigation. And because of that, there’s not a lot we can talk about. I read the same article you read about a conversation. The president talks to law enforcement all week long. And so, the fact that he talked with agents working hard doesn’t surprise me. And actually, I love it. It’s great.”

Ingraham tried again.

“Everyone knows I love Tulsi Gabbard, but why was she at that particular raid?” she asked.

“Well, first of all, she wasn’t at the search. She was in the area where the search took place,” Blanche said before claiming Gabbard is not part of the probe despite Trump’s comments. “She’s not part of this investigation. She hasn’t said that. But on the other hand, she’s an expert in this space. And the president trusts her and expects her to be part of the team investigating election integrity.”

Blanche did not elaborate on what makes Gabbard an “expert” on election integrity.

Earlier in the day, The Wall Street Journal reported that a whistleblower working in the U.S. intelligence community accused Gabbard of wrongdoing in a “complaint that is so highly classified it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress.”

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