CIA Accused of Seizing JFK and MKUltra Files From Tulsi Gabbard’s Office as Congress Demands Answers [WATCH]

Representative Anna Paulina Luna is raising alarms after revealing that the Central Intelligence Agency removed around forty boxes of sensitive files from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, as reported by Red State.

According to Luna, the collection included never-before-seen JFK assassination documents and long-suppressed MKUltra research files, both of which former Congresswoman and now-DNI Tulsi Gabbard had been preparing to review for declassification.

Luna explained during a News Nation interview that the discovery came as a shock.

She described it as deeply troubling, given that President Trump had already issued an executive order requiring full release of the remaining JFK records alongside other historic projects tied to intelligence secrecy.

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She said this unexpected seizure casts doubt on past CIA claims that all relevant documents were already disclosed or destroyed decades ago.

“This is very troubling,” Luna said. “The CIA has said all documents were released or destroyed. So these are allegedly those documents that apparently never existed.”

JUST IN: The CIA has just SEIZED boxes of DOCUMENTS in DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s office relating to the JFK files and MKUltra, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna says

LUNA: “We were actually just notified that the CIA went in and took documents out of ODNI. Multiple boxes pertaining to the JFK… pic.twitter.com/7l6eMEvaVa— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 13, 2026

Her point struck a nerve among lawmakers on the Oversight Committee who have spent years pushing federal agencies toward transparency about long-questioned intelligence operations.

After learning about the situation, Luna said she immediately contacted House Oversight Chairman James Comer to organize a formal preservation order compelling the agency to safeguard the records.

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She also reached out directly to the White House and to CIA Director William Burns to demand explanations on why the material was suddenly reclaimed from ODNI.

Clarification: Took documents that ODNI has jurisdiction over. Also, this did not happen today & was not a “raid” however it did take place and we are just being made aware of it based on reporting etc. https://t.co/erYzUWDZVQ

— Anna Paulina Luna (@realannapaulina) May 14, 2026

Luna, who chairs the Oversight Committee’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, later posted on X that she would take further action if the CIA fails to comply.

“The CIA has 24 hours to return the documents to Tulsi Gabbard’s office or else I will make a motion to issue a subpoena,” she wrote, emphasizing that Congress has lawful authority to review and request such material.

A CIA whistleblower has since stepped forward alleging that the agency went even further than just recovering boxes. The whistleblower claims the CIA monitored the computer and phone communications of investigators working under Gabbard’s direction.

CIA whistleblower claims the agency “took back 40 boxes of JFK and MK-Ultra files” that Tulsi Gabbard was reviewing for declassification.

The whistleblower also alleges the CIA “illegally monitored the computer and phone usage” of Gabbard’s investigators during the probe into… pic.twitter.com/AIRfS2utQE— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) May 13, 2026

Those staffers were reportedly researching evidence connected to COVID-19 origins, another matter where the CIA’s involvement has been under scrutiny.

“These were Americans being spied on illegally while carrying out duties directed by the President and under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence,” the source is quoted as saying.

The claim reinforces growing frustration inside Congress, where lawmakers have warned repeatedly about intelligence overreach and politically motivated surveillance.

For Luna and others, the standoff looks like yet another flashpoint between elected representatives and entrenched agency power.

Conservatives have long argued that bureaucrats inside intelligence circles operate beyond meaningful oversight.

For them, the idea that secret files tied to two of America’s most controversial government operations just disappeared overnight sounds less like coincidence and more like deliberate obstruction.

This latest controversy follows several recent showdowns between the Oversight Committee and federal intelligence officials over COVID-related matters.

Senator Rand Paul, for example, recently clashed with a CIA officer during a public hearing after allegations that top officials helped steer early pandemic discussions away from lab leak theories. Déjà vu, it seems, has returned to Washington.

Critics on the right see the timing as suspect. Tulsi Gabbard, once an independent voice who challenged establishment narratives from both parties, has attracted skeptical attention since taking her current role under the Trump administration.

That makes her a likely target for bureaucrats uneasy with new declassification priorities aimed at unraveling deep-seated government secrecy.

An ODNI spokeswoman, Olivia Coleman, issued a brief response confirming awareness of the developing situation but provided no clarity on the status of the boxes or why the CIA took them. Her statement was sparse, leaving most questions unanswered.

This is false – the CIA did not raid the DNI’s office. https://t.co/vZOEqzeK4M

— Olivia Coleman (@DNIspox) May 14, 2026

The broader issue reaches far past one batch of boxes. It raises a fundamental question about accountability within intelligence agencies that hold decades of hidden material.

Can Congress or even a sitting President compel transparency from a bureaucracy that has grown accustomed to deciding for itself what the public may know?

Luna’s investigation represents one of the clearest efforts by a lawmaker to confront that power directly. Whether her threats of subpoenas actually move the agency remains to be seen, but conservatives are watching closely.

Many sense this case could expose an even larger tug-of-war over control of classified history and the lingering shadow of unaccountable government.

As of now, the forty boxes remain in limbo, the CIA remains silent beyond vague acknowledgments, and Congress grows increasingly impatient. Luna promises that her committee will not back down.

“Strange times we are living,” she said, repeating her remarks during the interview, a line that now feels more prophetic than rhetorical.

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