{"id":305,"date":"2026-06-05T18:10:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=305"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:10:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:10:59","slug":"trump-wants-bill-pulte-to-fire-big-chunk-of-national-intelligence-office-staff-wsj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=305","title":{"rendered":"Trump wants Bill Pulte to fire big chunk of national intelligence office staff: WSJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump reportedly said Friday that he wants incoming acting director of national intelligence Bill Pulte to &#8220;start the process&#8221; of firing large numbers of employees in the DNI&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=303\">Boeing to start 737 Max production on new assembly line July 6, CEO says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump, in an interview, said those firings would be part of a shakeup of the U.S. intelligence community. The office of DNI oversees 18 U.S. intelligence agencies, including the CIA and the National Security Agency. <\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s comments are certain to further roil members of Congress, including Republican senators, who have already criticized the president&#8217;s appointment of Pulte earlier this week to replace outgoing DNI Tulsi Gabbard on an acting basis. <\/p>\n<p>Trump said Thursday that Pulte is &#8220;not going to be permanent&#8221; in the role.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, while flying on Air Force One to Wisconsin on Friday, was asked by reporters who is under consideration for the permanent DNI slot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have five interviews, and we&#8217;ll have a very good person watching things,&#8221; he said,<\/p>\n<p>Pulte, who has no intelligence agency experience, will continue to serve as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency until Trump nominates another person to be DNI.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had told Pulte that he believes the DNI&#8217;s office is &#8220;unnecessary and or too big,&#8221; the Journal reported Friday, quoting the president&#8217;s characterization of that discussion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d like to see it smaller. I think there are a lot of people in there that shouldn&#8217;t be there,&#8217; Trump said, pointing to holdovers from the Biden and Obama administrations,&#8221; the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Read more CNBC politics coverage<\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Dell courted Trump early. His company has reaped rewards<\/li>\n<li>Trump DOJ \u2018lawfare\u2019 fund temporarily blocked by judge as suit proceeds<\/li>\n<li>Bondi defends handling of Epstein files to House panel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>When Trump reentered the White House for a second term in January 2025, the DNI&#8217;s office had about 1,800 employees, according to Federal News Network.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=300\">Prediction market firms face growing scrutiny as Congress weighs regulation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After being confirmed by the Senate as DNI, Gabbard cut nearly 30% of the office&#8217;s staff, the office said in a  issued in August 2025, which detailed her plans to make further headcount reductions. <\/p>\n<p>Trump told the Journal he wants Pulte to &#8220;start the process&#8221; of trimming DNI office staff, and that his eventual nominee for DNI should continue that effort.<\/p>\n<p>While Pulte&#8217;s lack of obvious practical experience for the DNI has been a major source of concern for critics of his appointment, another factor has been his aggressiveness in targeting people who have angered Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Pulte last year made criminal referrals of alleged mortgage fraud against New York Attorney General Letitia James and Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. <\/p>\n<p>A criminal indictment in Virginia federal court against James in connection with alleged mortgage fraud was dismissed last year by a judge who ruled that U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan had been handpicked by Trump to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, had been invalidly appointed.<\/p>\n<p>James has denied wrongdoing and said she was targeted for successfully suing Trump in New York state court in a case alleging business fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Trump last summer sought to fire Cook, citing Pulte&#8217;s allegations, which she denies. Cook, who angered Trump by refusing to vote for interest rate cuts he demanded, has remained at the Fed pending a decision by the Supreme Court on whether the president can fire her for his purported reason.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=298\">U.S. Senate passes $70 billion in new funds for ICE, Border Patrol<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump&#8217;s comments are sure to roil members of Congress who criticized the appointment of Bill Pulte as acting national intelligence director.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump wants Bill Pulte to fire big chunk of national intelligence office staff: WSJ - 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