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Trump urges pick for top intelligence official to fire ‘a lot of people’

The Guardian UK Friday 05 June 2026, 19:07 UTC By Richard Luscombe and Guardian staff 1 min read
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President said he’d like to see intelligence agencies shrink as Senate blocks Fisa extension amid disquiet over nomination of Bill PulteUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has urged a controversial loyalist he installed as the country’s top intelligence official to fire “a lot of people” overseeing intelligence for the US federal government. The US president said Bill Pulte, who has no previous experience in the intelligence sphere, is “less shackled” because he has only been...

President said he’d like to see intelligence agencies shrink as Senate blocks Fisa extension amid disquiet over nomination of Bill Pulte

Donald Trump has urged a controversial loyalist he installed as the country’s top intelligence official to fire “a lot of people” overseeing intelligence for the US federal government.

The US president said Bill Pulte, who has no previous experience in the intelligence sphere, is “less shackled” because he has only been appointed director of national intelligence temporarily.

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