DNI Denies Reports CIA Raided Tulsi Gabbard’s Office to Seize JFK and MK-Ultra Files

WASHINGTON — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence flatly denied Wednesday night that the CIA raided Director Tulsi Gabbard’s office and seized boxes of classified documents related to the John F. Kennedy assassination and the CIA’s MK-Ultra mind-control program.

DNI Press Secretary Olivia Coleman posted the denial directly on X in response to a Fox News report: “This is false — the CIA did not raid the DNI’s office.”

The allegations surfaced earlier Wednesday after Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., who chairs a House Oversight task force focused on declassifying government secrets, stated she had been notified that the CIA removed dozens of boxes from the ODNI. Luna said the files included materials on the JFK assassination and MK-Ultra that were actively being processed for declassification under President Donald Trump’s executive orders.

Luna later clarified on social media that the incident “was not a ‘raid’” and “did not happen today,” but confirmed documents over which the ODNI has jurisdiction were taken. She sent a formal preservation notice to CIA Director John Ratcliffe and demanded the files be returned, threatening a subpoena if they are not.

A U.S. intelligence official confirmed to Just the News that the event was not a raid. The CIA has not commented publicly on the claims.

The reports emerged one day after CIA whistleblower James Erdman testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee about alleged politicization of COVID-19 origins intelligence under Dr. Anthony Fauci. Luna has scheduled hearings on both MK-Ultra and the full declassification of JFK, RFK, and MLK assassination files.

The DNI’s swift denial underscores ongoing tensions between the intelligence community and congressional efforts to increase transparency on historical government programs. The story remains developing.