Intelligence Chief Bill Pulte Celebrates 5th Round Of Job Cuts Happening Tuesday
Pulte said the cuts were a near-final round of terminations, but former intelligence officials told The New York Times he counted vacant posts and routine departures.
- Acting DNI Bill Pulte announced a fifth round of terminations on Tuesday, claiming an approximately 30 percent staff reduction at the ODNI during his final days in the role.
- President Donald Trump tasked Pulte with shrinking the ODNI, continuing a multi-year effort to reduce the office and refocus the agency on national security priorities.
- Several former officials told the New York Times that Pulte conflated terminations with routine staff rotations and unfilled positions at the National Counterterrorism Center and ODNI.
- Rachel Cohen, a spokesperson for Sen. Mark Warner , said the acting DNI "has so far declined to provide the Senate Intelligence Committee with the information necessary to assess the accuracy" of his claims.
- Jay Clayton is expected to replace Pulte as DNI on Tuesday, raising questions about whether the incoming director will continue rapid downsizing or stabilize the workforce.
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Outgoing Trump spy chief brags about firings that ex-officials call bogus: NYT
The outgoing director of national intelligence spent his last days on the job bragging about unproven firings, per the New York Times.Bill Pulte, the acting director of national intelligence, is expected to be replaced on Tuesday by Jay Clayton after a short-lived stint as President Donald Trump's spy chief. During his last days and hours on the job, Pulte bragged that he reduced staff at the office of the director of national intelligence (ODNI…
Acting DNI Bill Pulte Executes 5th Round of Deep State Terminations on His Way Out – Additional 30 Percent Staff Reduction!
Acting DNI Bill Pulte on Tuesday executed his 5th round of Deep State terminations on his way out. The post BREAKING: Acting DNI Bill Pulte Executes 5th Round of Deep State Terminations on His Way Out – Additional 30 Percent Staff Reduction! appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Pulte Boasts of Another Mass Firing as He Prepares to Exit DNI Role
Pulte has concurrently served as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, a role he will continue after eventually leaving his intelligence post. Mark Schiefelbein/APActing Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte announced another round of terminations Tuesday, hours before the Senate is set to confirm a new agency head.“We are, this morning, Executing a 5th and Near Final Round of TERMINATIONS, an approximately 30% Staff Reduction f…
NEWS HEADLINES: Pulte announces fifth round of ODNI layoffs targeting ‘corrupt elite class’ – One America News Network
Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte attends on June 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) OAN Staff Addie Davis12:49 PM – Tuesday, July 28, 2026 Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) William (Bill) Pulte announced that the Office of the DNI (ODNI) was completing a fifth round of layoffs as part of President Donald Trump’s directive to downsize the agency. “Good News! In addition to the Hist…
ODNI Reduced Staff by 30 Percent, Acting Director Says
Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Bill Pulte announced on July 28 that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) had been reduced in size for a fifth time under his leadership. “Good News! In addition to the Historic DECLASSIFICATIONS (Transparency!) by the President, we are, this morning, Executing a 5th and Near Final Round of TERMINATIONS, an approximately 30% Staff Reduction from Weeks Ago,” Pulte wrote in a so…
Acting DNI touts 'approximately 30% Staff Reduction from Weeks Ago' as Senate poised to confirm Trump nominee
Acting Director of National Intelligence Pulte announced a fifth wave of ODNI cuts on Tuesday, as the Senate is poised to confirm Trump's nomination of Jay Clayton to serve as DNI.
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