US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard said Wednesday she will make heavy cuts to her office, which she declared has “fallen short” of fulfilling its mandate and is “rife with abuse of power.”

Gabbard announced she will reduce the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) by over 40 percent by the end of fiscal year 2025, estimated to save $700 million.

“Over the last 20 years, ODNI has become bloated and inefficient, and the intelligence community is rife with abuse of power, unauthorized leaks of classified intelligence and politicized weaponization of intelligence,” Gabbard said in a news release.

In a series of social media posts, Gabbard added that she is “cutting bloated bureaucracy, rooting out deep state actors, and restoring mission focus.”

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