"I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby."
"According to a senior administration official, Kent was long cut off from intelligence briefings and was suspected of leaking. The White House told DNI Tulsi Gabbard he should be fired for suspected leaks but she never did."
"This is the same false claim that Democrats and some in the liberal media have been repeating over and over. There are many false claims in this letter but let me address one specifically: that Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation."
Joe Kent, a MAGA influencer serving as Trump's director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned in protest over the Iran war, becoming the first major administration official to do so. Kent and DNI Tulsi Gabbard, both isolationists, have opposed interventionist policies. According to reports, the White House pressured Gabbard to fire Kent, citing suspected leaks and claiming he was excluded from intelligence briefings months prior. Kent's resignation letter accused the administration of misleading the public about Iran's threat level, stating Iran posed no imminent threat and the war resulted from Israeli pressure. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded with a strongly worded rebuttal, defending the administration's Iran policy and dismissing Kent's claims as false.
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