Trump wants Bill Pulte to fire big chunk of national intelligence office staff: WSJ

Key points

• President Donald Trump reportedly said Friday that he wants incoming acting Director of Intelligence Bill Pulte to "start the process" of firing large numbers of employees in the DNI's office.
• The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump, in an interview, said those firings would be part of a shake-up of the U.S. intelligence community.
• The office of DNI oversees 18 U.S. intelligence agencies, including the CIA and the Security Agency.
• Trump's comments are certain to further roil members of Congress, including Republican senators, who have already criticized the president's appointment of Pulte earlier this week to replace outgoing DNI Tulsi Gabbard on an acting basis.
• Trump said Thursday that Pulte is "not going to be permanent" in the role.