Top intelligence agency begins mass firings under new Trump appointee, source says

The terminations are taking place under acting Director Bill Pulte, whom President Donald Trump tasked with downsizing the National Intelligence Director’s Office.

President Donald Trump’s new acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, began purging staff members at the office Monday, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News.

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“The deep state firings have begun,” the source said.

CNN was first to report that the dismissals were underway.