"In her Senate testimony today, Tulsi Gabbard said that it is the intelligence community's assessment that the Iranian dictatorial regime is still firmly in control of the country. And here is what Tulsi Gabbard said in her Senate testimony when she was asked, who's right? Donald Trump, who said that the United States could be hit with an Iranian nuclear weapon two weeks from now if he didn't launch his war, or Joe Kent, who said there was no imminent threat?"
"Senator, the only person who can determine what is and is not an imminent threat is the president. This is the worldwide threats hearing, where you present to congress national intelligence, timely, objective and independent of political considerations. You've stated today that the intelligence community's assessment is that Iran's nuclear enrichment program was obliterated."
During Senate testimony, Trump's Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard stated that only the president can determine whether Iran poses an imminent threat, refusing to provide a direct yes-or-no answer about the intelligence community's assessment. Senator Jon Ossoff challenged this response as false. MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell subsequently criticized Gabbard's testimony, accusing her of perjury and lying under oath. O'Donnell highlighted that the Senate hearing is specifically designed for presenting objective, timely national intelligence independent of political considerations. He deconstructed her testimony, contrasting Trump's claim of an imminent two-week nuclear threat with other assessments of no imminent threat, questioning the credibility of her statements regarding Iran's nuclear program.
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