U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) criticized President Trump’s Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, for her recent trip to Puerto Rico. Whitehouse wrote on social media: “Tulsi Gabbard went to look for election mischief in Puerto Rico against Trump, and found nada. Turns out the election mischief was for a Trump ally.”
Whitehouse cited a ProPublica article titled, “Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme ‘Locked Up.’ Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges,” which reported that “investigators found that leaders of a prison gang in Puerto Rico were selling inmates drugs in exchange for voting for Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón, a longtime Republican. After Trump’s election, prosecutors were told not to pursue charges.”
Tulsi Gabbard went to look for election mischief in Puerto Rico against Trump, and found nada. Turns out the election mischief was for a Trump ally. https://t.co/ypxaOSPygc
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) May 6, 2026
It’s not the first time Gabbard was sent to “look for election mischief.” In March, during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing about the U.S.-initiated war in Iran, Gabbard was asked about her recent visit to Fulton County, Georgia, where the FBI seized records from the 2020 presidential election. (President Trump has repeatedly claimed that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged” for Joe Biden to win.)
As seen below on Capitol Hill, Gabbard said the FBI mission in Georgia was “to ensure the integrity of our elections,” and clarified that she “did not participate in a law enforcement activity.” She was there, she said, “at the request of the president” to observe an action that had been “long awaited.”
HOLY SMOKES… Tulsi Gabbard just confirmed she was physically in Fulton County when the FBI moved on 2020 election records. She said she was there “at the request of the president” to observe an action that had been “long awaited.”
That answer changed the room.
Mark Warner… pic.twitter.com/eHzi5lbsdc
— Charlie’s Voice Rising (@CharlieK_news) May 6, 2026
