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Trump’s Spy Chief Spends Final Hours in Job Boasting of Mass Firings
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Bill Pulte, acting director of national intelligence, has been publicly celebrating staff terminations in his office as he nears the end of his tenure.
- Despite Pulte’s claims of a nearly 30% staff reduction since June, current and former officials report that few employees have actually been fired recently.
- Members of Congress remain uncertain about the accuracy of Pulte’s assertions regarding the scale of employee cuts.
- Pulte announced a fifth round of terminations on social media, framing the reductions as part of a broader effort to protect the American people from a "bloated and corrupt elite class."
- His replacement, Jay Clayton, is expected to be confirmed by the Senate shortly after Pulte’s statements.
