President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the U.S. intelligence community is likely to face tough questions during confirmation hearings, including over her meeting with Syria’s leader, Republican Senator James Lankford said.

Gabbard appeared to fall for various conspiracy theories about the conflict that were promoted by Russia, as she had done in Syria. One of those conspiracy theories was a Russian claim about the existence of dozens of US-funded biolabs in Ukraine that were supposedly producing deadly pathogens.

Geoffrey Skelley and Nathaniel Rakich share their thoughts on Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick for director of national intelligence.

Gabbard is among several controversial Trump cabinet nominees who Republicans have expressed reservations about.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) revealed that former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (R-HI) doesn't yet have enough Republican votes to be confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump's director of national intelligence.

The accusation came from Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth who says she has concerns about the pro-Russian views expressed by Tulsi Gabbard.

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for the director of national intelligence, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, has little experience working with the nation's spy agencies and a long track record of echoing the Russian disinformation they work to expose and to counter -- a combination her critics claim should be disqualifying.