Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte is wasting no time taking out the trash!
After taking over where former DNI Tulsi Gabbard left off a couple weeks ago, Pulte immediately began mass firings of intelligence officials linked to the Deep State.
If you missed it, here’s our original report on that:
BREAKING: “Deep State Firings Have Begun” As Bill Pulte Steps Into DNI Role
Now, we just learned that Pulte has sent out more termination notices to dozens of additional Deep State intelligence officials!
They received those letters on Thursday.
President Trump shared the news on Truth Social:
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump just posted that acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte just fired DOZENS of intel DEEP STATE officials
PULTE UNLEASHED! LFG 🔥
"The intelligence official told MS Now that the Trump administration was removing officials 'who they… pic.twitter.com/QkqPF1gTwY
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 4, 2026
BREAKING: President Trump just posted that acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte just fired DOZENS of intel DEEP STATE officials
PULTE UNLEASHED! LFG 🔥
"The intelligence official told MS Now that the Trump administration was removing officials 'who they believe are deep state' and who have allegedly failed to provide complete pictures of available intelligence."
Keep going, @Pulte!
MS Now was the first to report on this new round of firings:
Dozens of intelligence officials began receiving notice of their terminations on Thursday under Bill Pulte, the new acting director of national intelligence.
ADVERTISEMENTAn intelligence official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to potential reprisal, told MS NOW that the individuals being removed by the Trump administration are officials “who they believe are deep state.” Intelligence leadership alleges that the fired workers have not provided complete pictures of available intelligence, the official said.
The moves come after Pulte’s elimination last month of six political appointees who served under Tulsi Gabbard, the previous director of national intelligence.
Four former senior intelligence officials told MS NOW that they had never heard of intelligence officials withholding information from officials above them.
Previously, President Trump called on Bill Pulte to gut the intelligence community.
Ultimately, hundreds of Deep State jobs could be on the line.
CNBC provided more background:
CNN first reported last month that Pulte had eliminated several political appointees who served under Tulsi Gabbard, the former director of national intelligence who announced her resignation in May.
Trump reportedly said in early June that he wanted Pulte to “start the process” of firing large numbers of DNI employees. The office of DNI oversees 18 U.S. intelligence agencies, including the CIA and the National Security Agency.
ADVERTISEMENTThe president’s decision to tap Pulte has drawn sharp bipartisan criticism from members of Congress.
Pulte, who also serves as the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has used his perch to investigate opponents of Trump’s for alleged mortgage fraud.
Amid congressional opposition to Pulte, Trump in June announced that Jay Clayton, the current U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, was his permanent pick for DNI.
The Senate attempted to fast-track Clayton’s bid, scheduling a confirmation hearing for June 17. But Trump scuttled the effort, instructing Clayton not to attend in a Truth Social post hours before the hearing and stating that Pulte would remain acting DNI in the interim.
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