The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors 'acted unlawfully and exceeded its statutory authority by seizing [Recorder Heap's] personnel, systems and equipment and refusing to return them.'
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Monday President Trump requested her presence during an FBI search of an election center in Georgia last week. Why it matters: Her presence in Fulton County alarmed some Democratic lawmakers , but Gabbard in a letter Monday to the top Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees said she acted "well within my statutory authorities." Zoom in: Gabbard said in the letter to Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) she was only present for a brief period of time. - "My presence was requested by the President and executed under my broad statutory authority to coordinate, integrate, and analyze intelligence related to election security, including…