Democrats ask top US spy to explain presence at FBI raid on election facility


A drone picture shows the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center a day after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed a search warrant in relation to the 2020 election in Union City, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2026. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Top Democrats on the ‌Senate and House intelligence committees called on Thursday on Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard ‌to brief their panels on why she was present for an FBI raid on an ‌election facility in Georgia.

Senator Mark Warner and Representative Jim Himes told Gabbard in a letter that they were deeply concerned that she was at the scene of Wednesday's FBI operation, saying that the U.S. intelligence community "should be focused on foreign threats."

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