{"id":9862,"date":"2026-07-18T20:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=9862"},"modified":"2026-07-18T20:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T15:00:28","slug":"insiders-reveal-white-house-scrambled-to-keep-trump-from-endangering-intel-analysts-in-election-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=9862","title":{"rendered":"Insiders Reveal White House \u2018Scrambled\u2019 To Keep Trump From Endangering Intel Analysts In Election Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5743659\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5743659\" class=\"wp-image-5743659 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/pulte-and-trump.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Pulte, President Donald Trump\" width=\"1250\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5743659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Pulte, President Donald Trump<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Acting Director of National Intelligence <strong>Bill Pulte<\/strong> was eager to use President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>&#8216;s election fraud speech to the nation as a chance to name intelligence analysts accused of hiding &#8220;election interference&#8221; from the president &#8212; and got Trump &#8220;all spun up&#8221; before backing down.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told Politico Pulte&#8217;s push to name names sent senior officials in the White House &#8220;scrambling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They urged Pulte to consider that naming intelligence analysts could put people in danger and prompt &#8220;conspiracy theorists to take the law into their own hands,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/07\/18\/pulte-got-really-scared-inside-the-white-house-debate-over-trumps-elections-speech-01003920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico reported Saturday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The outlet further reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPulte got really scared by the whole thing and pulled back,\u201d said one of the two senior officials. \u201cHe got POTUS all spun up and then was incredibly scared when he realized people could die with his reckless behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously, several Trump officials urged the president to remain restrained and on script, a notoriously difficult task for the president, whose aides often learn what the president is going to say as he says it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey explained the way to be taken seriously is not to be crazy,\u201d the senior official told POLITICO.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump boasted his speech would be &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/really-really-big-news-trump-previews-his-thursday-rigged-election-announcement\/\">really, really big news<\/a>&#8221; but the Thursday address was slammed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trumps-dangerous-speech-does-the-work-of-our-adversaries-former-top-intel-official-warns\/\">as &#8220;dangerous&#8221;\u00a0<\/a> and sparked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/online\/trumps-election-speech-ignites-wave-of-furious-democratic-backlash-and-calls-for-impeachment\/\">massive backlash<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the speech Trump claimed his administration had<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-goes-on-absolutely-bonkers-rant-about-burn-bags-demands-criminal-probe\/\"> discovered &#8220;burn bags&#8221;<\/a> from former President <strong>Barack<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Obama\u2019s<\/strong> administration and demanded a criminal investigation into what the president described as a potential \u201ccover-up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He pointed the finger at foreign powers such as China, claiming they&#8217;d attempted to interfere with American elections &#8212; but provided no evidence that a single vote had been changed as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Even Trump&#8217;s own advisor admitted there was &#8220;zero evidence&#8221; of votes being changed.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative John Solomon admitted to MS NOW&#8217;s Vaughn Hillyard after the speech, &#8220;All I can acknowledge is what the intelligence shows, right? I only know the intelligence community has zero evidence that someone, that a foreign power flipped a vote in 2020, \u201922 or \u201924.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The White House and Pulte&#8217;s office did not immediately respond to Mediaite&#8217;s requests for comment, but a White House spokesman told Politico Congress should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/our-work\/analysis-opinion\/new-save-act-bills-would-still-block-millions-americans-voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pass the SAVE Act<\/a>, a bill which critics say would block millions from the voting booth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mx-auto w-full max-w-[630px] text-left\" data-v-5d6b1cb2=\"\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto w-full text-left\" data-v-5d6b1cb2=\"\">\n<p class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\" data-testid=\"plain-text-block\">\u201cPresident Trump and millions of Americans agree that we must have integrity in our elections, otherwise we have no country at all,\u201d said Davis Ingle, a White House spokesperson. \u201cCongress should immediately pass the SAVE America Act.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/insiders-reveal-white-house-scrambled-to-keep-trump-from-endangering-intel-analysts-in-election-speech\/\">Insiders Reveal White House \u2018Scrambled\u2019 To Keep Trump From Endangering Intel Analysts In Election Speech<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Pulte, President Donald Trump Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte was eager to use President Donald Trump&#8216;s election fraud speech to the nation as a chance to name intelligence analysts accused of hiding &#8220;election interference&#8221; from the president &#8212; and got Trump &#8220;all spun up&#8221; before backing down. 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