Sensational Recording Links Trump's Team to Foreign Intelligence

The U.S. intelligence agencies have reportedly recorded an unusual phone conversation between a person connected to foreign intelligence and an associate of U.S. President Donald Trump. According to the article, the call was noted by the National Security Agency (NSA) as early as the spring of 2025.

However, The Guardian reports, citing the informant's lawyer, that when the head of U.S. national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard received the information, she did not disseminate it but directly passed it to White House Chief of Staff Susan Rice. Subsequently, according to the British publication, Gabbard ordered that her report not be made public but instead sent all materials related to the case.

The Guardian emphasizes that all details of the discussion between the national intelligence director and the NSA regarding the topic have not been published previously. The informant filed an official complaint regarding Gabbard's actions in May 2025, her lawyer stated.

Moreover, the article does not disclose the name of the person close to the American leader nor clarify which country’s intelligence the interlocutor might represent. On February 7, Gabbard published information on X, labeling the claims that she had “hidden” the complaint from an anonymous informant for “eight months” as “false and unfounded.”

At the same time, she accused the senior Democrat Mark Warner of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee, along with several American media outlets, of spreading false information. “I do not have that complaint and have never had it, hence, of course, I could not have hidden it in a fireproof cabinet,” Gabbard emphasized, stating that she first became acquainted with the document “two weeks ago.”

She noted that the data contained in the informant's report had been examined by Tamara Johnson, the chief inspector of the intelligence community appointed by Joe Biden’s previous administration. After the completion of this review, “no additional investigative or supervisory actions were taken,” Gabbard stated.