Trump DNI Tulsi Gabbard Cornered Into Conspicuous Dodge on Trump's Imminent Threat' Claim

"SENATOR JON OSSOFF (D-GA): So the assessment of the intelligence community. Is that iran's nuclear enrichment program was obliterated by last summer's airstrikes. TRUMP DNI TULSI GABBARD: Yes. SENATOR JON OSSOFF (D-GA): In the opening statement you submitted the committee last night also stated quote there has been no effort since then to try to rebuild their enrichment capability end quote correct? That's right. And that's the assessment of the intelligence community."

"It is not the intelligence community's responsibility to determine what is and is not an imminent threat, Gabbard said in response to Ossoff's direct question about whether the intelligence community assessed an imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime."

During a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, Senator Ossoff questioned Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard about the justification for military action against Iran. Gabbard had previously claimed Trump initiated military action because Iran posed an imminent nuclear threat. Ossoff established through questioning that the intelligence community assessed Iran's nuclear enrichment program was obliterated by airstrikes and has made no effort to rebuild. When pressed directly on whether the intelligence community assessed an imminent nuclear threat from Iran, Gabbard deflected by stating it is not the intelligence community's responsibility to determine what constitutes an imminent threat, avoiding a direct answer to the senator's question.

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