Tulsi Gabbard, former President Donald Trump’s intelligence chief, finds herself at the center of a serious whistleblower complaint that is so classified it remains locked away in a secure location. The Wall Street Journal reports that the allegations against Gabbard have sparked prolonged discussions about how the sensitive information should be conveyed to Congress. There are concerns that revealing the details could significantly jeopardize national security. Insiders suggest that the intrigue surrounding the complaint may involve confidential matters related to the White House.

The whistleblower’s attorney has accused Gabbard of obstructing the process by not offering necessary security guidelines for lawmakers to review the complaint. This issue was raised in a letter sent last November to Gabbard by the attorney, which referenced the complaint being filed with the intelligence community’s inspector general the previous May. While Gabbard’s spokesperson has acknowledged the complaint’s existence, they dismissed it as “baseless and politically motivated.” Gabbard’s team insists they are not obstructing the process but are instead dealing with an unusual situation to address the classified nature of the complaint properly.

Meanwhile, an inspector general representative informed the Wall Street Journal that some of the allegations in the complaint were deemed not credible. However, the whistleblower’s lawyer, Andrew Bakaj, claims they were never told about any such findings. Bakaj’s November correspondence to Gabbard was also shared with intelligence committees in both the House and Senate. Despite this, lawmakers have yet to receive the complaint months later. Democratic aides on these intelligence committees have attempted to gather more information about the whistleblower’s charges in recent weeks, but their efforts have so far been unfruitful.

The information divulged by the whistleblower is so highly classified that not even Bakaj has been able to view it. Watchdog experts and former intelligence officials claim the delay in sending the complaint to Congress is unprecedented. The inspector general is usually required to assess whether the complaint is credible to share with lawmakers within three weeks of receiving it. The Daily Mail cannot confirm the substance of the allegations.

‘This is a classic case of a politically motivated individual weaponizing their position in the Intelligence Community, submitting a baseless complaint and then burying it in highly classified information to create 1) false intrigue, 2) a manufactured narrative, and 3) conditions which make it substantially more difficult to produce “security guidance” for transmittal to Congress,’ said DNI spokeswoman Olivia Coleman in response to the WSJ’s report. Gabbard, who became famous for her non-interventionist foreign policy views, has recently been sidelined in the Trump administration over major national security matters, including Venezuela and Iran. Instead, Gabbard has been tasked with verifying Trump’s claims of election fraud stemming from the 2020 election.