Classified Whistleblower Complaint Against Tulsi Gabbard Has Congress Still Waiting
A highly classified whistleblower complaint alleging wrongdoing by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has stalled inside the intelligence community for months without being delivered to Congress.
The delay has raised tension in Washington over oversight of senior intelligence officials and how classification rules are being applied to this claim.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the complaint was filed in May 2025 by a U.S. intelligence official with the Intelligence Community Inspector General but remains locked in a safe and has yet to reach House and Senate intelligence committees.
Whistleblower lawyer Andrew Bakaj has accused Gabbard’s office of hindering the process by failing to provide necessary security guidance on how to transmit the complaint to lawmakers, despite authorities normally allowing employees to share such filings directly with congressional panels.
Complicating matters, a watchdog representative reportedly told lawmakers the inspector general found specific allegations about Gabbard not credible but could not determine the credibility of other aspects of the complaint that implicate another federal agency.
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A spokeswoman for Gabbard’s office dismissed the complaint as “baseless and politically motivated” while saying her team is working on “eventual transmission of appropriate details to Congress.”
“From my experience, it is confounding for [Gabbard’s office] to take weeks — let alone eight months — to transmit a disclosure to Congress,” Bakaj said in a statement.
The standoff — which officials warn could cause “grave damage to national security” if details were disclosed broadly — underscores the friction between executive branch secrecy and legislative oversight.
Lawmakers and experts now face unanswered questions about whether classification is being used to delay legitimate oversight, and when Congress might finally see the substance of the complaint.
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