Gabbard fires intelligence chiefs after Venezuela report

What happened

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Wednesday removed the top two officials at the National Intelligence Council, weeks after the council published an assessment that undercut President Donald Trump's legal rationale for using the wartime Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members without due process.

Who said what

The dismissal of Michael Collins, acting chair of the National Intelligence Council, and vice chair Maria Langan-Riekhof is "the latest purge by Gabbard...