Thune on Pulte pick: ‘We don’t need a weaponized’ director of national intelligence
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- If they nominate him to take the position permanently, he ll have to go through a confirmation process and hearings and everything else, so, we ll see, Thune told reporters.
- I ll try and get more information about the current state of their thinking about that position, he added.
- I have no knowledge of this individual at all, she said.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Thune pointed out that Pulte, who has come under sharp criticism from Democrats for pulling up mortgage information to investigate Trump s political opponents, would have to undergo the Senate confirmation process to permanently take over as DNI.
If they nominate him to take the position permanently, he ll have to go through a confirmation process and hearings and everything else, so, we ll see, Thune told reporters.
When asked if he has concerns that Pulte would weaponize the DNI given the role he has played during Trump s second term in plumbing mortgage records to see whether Trump s political adversaries have committed fraud, Thune said: We don t need a weaponized DNI, we need professionals there.