Gabbard removed Michael Collins, the acting chair of the National Intelligence Council, as well as his deputy, Maria Langan-Riekhof, according to a spokesperson for Gabbard’s office. The actions are the latest purge by Gabbard, who has said she is fighting politicization of the intelligence community, but has herself removed or sidelined officials perceived not to support Trump’s political agenda.

The NIC is the top U.S. intelligence community body for analyzing classified intelligence and providing secret assessments to the president and other top policymakers. Its reports range from spy agencies’ annual global threat assessment to studies of the possible causes of anomalous health incidents, also known as Havana syndrome, and the origins of the coronavirus.

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