Tulsi Gabbard called out key deep state politicians like John Kerry and John Brennan in an explosive interview with Glenn Beck, pointing out that Democrats involved with the infamous Russiagate scandal are shaking in their boots in response to the news that potentially incriminating documents will soon be released by President Trump’s CIA.
For background, in an appearance on Glenn Beck’s podcast on July 31, 2025, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard exposed key members of the deep state who have actively taken steps to remove their online footprints, signalling a widespread panic triggered by an announcement from CIA Director John Ratcliffe that confirmed the upcoming declassification of documents related to Russiagate.
Speaking to Beck, DNI Gabbard said that under the Obama administration, members of the deep state had made a habit of “overclassifying information,” explaining, “This is what happened with the Steele Dossier.” Referring to the infamous dossier used to falsely incriminate President Trump for colluding with Russia, she continued, “This was already widely publicized as a discredited document.
Continuing, the National Intelligence director clarified that John Brennan and James Clapper, Obama’s heads of Central Intelligence and National Intelligence, “didn’t want anybody to know that they used the Steele Dossier as a source for this intelligence assessment that was filled with falsehoods.” She elaborated, “They wanted to hide all of this from members of Congress, perhaps who were reading this, and the American people…and President Trump.”
Moving on, DNI Gabbard explained that CIA Director John Ratcliffe had recently announced the upcoming declassification of more documents related to the Russiagate scandal, adding that the documents are “going through the declassification process right now.” DNI Gabbard went on to say that the document “will speak for itself and will…confirm what a lot of people have already known to be true, but it’ll connect a lot of the dots…that may not have been revealed in public before.”
In response to this revelation, Beck asked the director if she was “sensing” a panicked response from deep state Democrats, adding, “Mark Elias stopped posting on X, Brennan has lawyered up, John Kerry has made his account private, Peter Struck deleted his entire X history.” Beck asked, “Are you sensing they feel the walls are closing in?”
Agreeing with Beck, DNI Gabbard said that in her view, the response from the deep state implies guilt, explaining, “Those who are truly innocent would not be taking those kinds of actions.” She continued, “And once again, this is why it’s so important to declassify this information, to get the truth out, because it’s something that for anyone who is mildly objective, is irrefutable and undeniable.”
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When Beck posted a clip of the interview on his X page, conservatives were quick to celebrate DNI Gabbard’s efforts to expose deep state politicians. One X user, DJ, wrote, “I want to say that Tulsi is a patriot — and does it all while maintaining a calm that’s not often seen in politicians or leaders in high office. She’s a class act.”
Watch a clip from the interview:
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