The Trump administration is no stranger to shifting and inconsistent explanations. It’s not so much that the right hand and the left hand don’t seem to know what each other is doing, but that they often don’t seem to be in the same building.

President Donald Trump defends DNI Tulsi Gabbard's controversial presence at the FBI search of a Fulton County election facility, citing Attorney General Bondi's request.

President Donald Trump blamed Attorney General Pam Bondi for Tulsi Gabbard being in attendance as the FBI seized 2020 election documents in Fulton County, Georgia. It was the latest in a series of shifting claims made by the administration amid questions about why the director of national intelligence was on the scene after Gabbard informed lawmakers that she had been specifically directed by the president to observe the operation.

President Trump told NBC News he didn't know why Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was at the search of the Georgia county's elections office.

On Jan. 6, 2026, a group of election conspiracy theorists released a report detailing allegations that the 2020 presidential

President Donald Trump defended his Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard amid criticism of her presence during an FBI search of a Fulton County, Georgia election center last week, saying Gabbard was there at Attorney General Pam Bondi’s request.

Feb. 6, 2026 – 35:55 – Trump says Fulton County voter-fraud probe will reveal the “true winner” of the 2020 Georgia election, in an NBC interview.