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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,312 posts) Thu Apr 16, 2026, 12:59 PM Thursday

Putin Patsy Gabbard sends criminal referrals to DOJ for 2 officials linked to Trump impeachment

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard asked the Justice Department to investigate two former government officials who played a central role in President Trump's first impeachment inquiry.

A spokesperson for Gabbard's office confirmed that she drafted criminal referrals for a whistleblower and a former intelligence community watchdog, but did not detail what specific crimes are alleged. Whether to pursue a criminal investigation following a referral is up to prosecutors at the Justice Department.

The referrals came after Gabbard criticized how former Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson handled the 2019 whistleblower complaint earlier this week, releasing a trove of documents linked to Atkinson.

The whistleblower — whose identity has not been formally disclosed — reported an "urgent concern" about President Trump's request for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden. The complaint also expressed concerns about how records of a Trump-Zelenskyy phone call were handled, and about the role of Mr. Trump's then-personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, in the U.S.'s relationship with Ukraine.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gabbard-sends-criminal-referrals-doj-024137327.html

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Putin Patsy Gabbard sends criminal referrals to DOJ for 2 officials linked to Trump impeachment (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday OP

Gabbard is trying to keep her job! GCG Thursday #1

Bondi just got caanned for not attacking Trump's Johonny Thursday #2

MaddowBlog-Tulsi Gabbard impresses her audience of one with another indefensible abuse LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #3

GCG

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1. Gabbard is trying to keep her job!

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 01:29 PM

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Noem is gone, Bondi is gone...Tulsi is next on the list, and she knows it! She did this in the attempt to keep her job...and to remain relevant!!!

Johonny

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2. Bondi just got caanned for not attacking Trump's

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 01:29 PM

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Enemies. Hence Tulsi peeformative art here. Trump thought Pam wasn't using the courts to issue his grievance and revenge tour.

Trump is too stupid to understand if this made trial it would be awful, awful for him. Millions voted for him in 2024 that never heard of this issue. And he is guilty as fuck of qui-pro-quo. And the defense would be thar he was guilty as fuck. I mean, he could be asked to take the stand...

LetMyPeopleVote

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3. MaddowBlog-Tulsi Gabbard impresses her audience of one with another indefensible abuse

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 06:24 PM

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The director of national intelligence is engaging in pitiful antics because her job likely depends on it. For now, there’s reason to believe it’s working.

Tulsi Gabbardâ€™s latest ridiculous antics are clearly a performative display intended to satisfy an audience of one as she desperately tries to avoid getting fired.

For now, however, I think itâ€™s probably working as intended.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-04-16T19:49:17.959Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/tulsi-gabbard-impresses-her-audience-of-one-with-another-indefensible-abuse

Eight months later, a suspiciously similar process is unfolding. MS NOW reported:

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has sent criminal referrals to the Justice Department related to a former intelligence community inspector general and a whistleblower whose complaint helped trigger the first impeachment of President Donald Trump.

The whistleblower complaint, deemed credible at the time by then-Inspector General Michael Atkinson, set off a chain of events that culminated in Trump’s impeachment in 2019 for pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate his then-political rival Joe Biden. The Senate later acquitted Trump in a largely party-line vote.

The criminal referral was first reported by Fox News. A spokesperson for Gabbard’s office confirmed to MS NOW that she had sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department but declined to provide further details. ....

As was the case last summer, her presentation — to the extent that one could credibly call it that — failed entirely to make a compelling case, which helped explain why the DNI’s allegations went largely ignored.

But by all appearances, the point wasn’t about exposing actual wrongdoing. Rather, Gabbard — no doubt aware of scuttlebutt about her possible firing after 14 months of failures, controversies and embarrassments — was likely trying to impress her audience of one.

There’s reason to believe it worked.

The president used his social media platform on Wednesday night to tout the DNI’s latest partisan antics, which followed two items posted earlier in the week, both of which were built around the idea that Gabbard’s latest foolishness should help the president’s crusade to “expunge” his first impeachment — a priority he has pushed intermittently for years.

Gabbard is engaging in such pitiful antics because her job likely depends on it. As for whether similarly situated loyalists at Main Justice are prepared to maintain the charade, watch this space.

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