Thread by @realjusthuman

🧵So, about @DNIGabbard being on site as the FBI executed a search warrant at the Fulton County Election Hub...

One of the components of the ODNI is the Foreign Malign Influence Center (FMIC).

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https://twitter.com/corinne_perkins/status/2016673423708053509

Within the FMIC is the Election Threats Executive (ETE), "which serves as the IC’s coordinating and integrating authority on all election security activities, initiatives, and programs. In this role, FMIC leads the IC’s efforts to identify and assess foreign malign influence and interference in U.S. elections."

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@DNIGabbard In August of 2025, DNI Gabbard announced the launch of ODNI 2.0., a restructuring of the ODNI that cut some 500 jobs and aimed to increase efficiency and eliminate redundancies.

The FMIC was selected for dissolution.

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@DNIGabbard The FMIC was fingered as responsible, at least partially, for the falsehood that Putin "aspired" to help Trump win the 2016 election.

The FMIC had either created or been subverted by weaponized intelligence.

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@DNIGabbard The ODNI 2.0 fact sheet had more to say on the FMIC culpability in the 2016 election, the 2017 ICA, censorship, and the corruption of its functions.

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@DNIGabbard So, it is very curious that Gabbard appears on-site at any FBI operation, but much more curious that it is one of this nature.

The search warrant specifically cites violations of Title 52, United States Code, §§ 20701 and 20511.

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Title 52, United States Code, §§ 20701 and 20511 are

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I have an errand to run but will return to this thread later.

In the meantime, it's worth considerately pondering what sort of thing, what sort of intelligence, would draw the personal oversight and the presence of the Director of National Intelligence to an FBI search warrant operation in Fulton County, Georgia.

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@DNIGabbard Oh, and while the FMIC may have been dissolved or selected to be dissolved, I haven’t come across anything stating that the ETE would be…

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@DNIGabbard Also on scene for the execution of the search warrant was FBI Deputy Director @andrewbailey , the former attorney general of the state of Missouri.

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https://x.com/LibbeyDean_/status/2016696360272040208

@DNIGabbard @AndrewBailey In December, DOJ sued four states and one county for "failure to produce their statewide voter registration lists upon request."

In total, DOJ has filed lawsuits against 18 states and one county for withholding voter data.

That one county is Fulton County.

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@DNIGabbard @AndrewBailey The search warrant is signed by magistrate judge Catherine Salinas.

I wonder what Thomas Albus, the US Attorney for @USAO_EDMO , showed Magistrate Salinas in order to obtain this search warrant?

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@DNIGabbard @AndrewBailey @USAO_EDMO I mean, this search warrant is comprehensive.

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@DNIGabbard @AndrewBailey @USAO_EDMO Plus.

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@DNIGabbard @AndrewBailey @USAO_EDMO It's an extraordinary thing for the DNI to be on-site for something like this. Why was she there?

I think there are only a couple of possibilities.

1) It's a photo op. A stunt of some sort.

2) Because she wanted to personally be there as evidence was secured.

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We can easily dismiss almost entirely option 1), as Tulsi didn't pose for pics, brief the press, put out a statement, or in any way overtly make her presence known to the public. The few images we have of her come off as photographers happening to spot her rather than her insisting upon being noticed.

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So that leaves option 2), and if that is the case, then it would not be curiosity that brought her there—it would be confirmation.

The desire to confirm with her own eyes the intelligence she was coordinating between her office and other IC stakeholders. The need to see the expected evidence secured and engage with the team securing it.

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