Far-right activist Laura Loomer has derailed a critical intelligence briefing, a senior Democratic senator said.
Mark Warner of Virginia, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Loomer’s intervention prompted Trump administration officials to cancel Friday’s oversight meeting that had been weeks in the making.
The Virginia senator, who was attacked online by Loomer, warned that caving to her pressure sets a dangerous precedent.
Warner had been scheduled to meet with personnel at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in Springfield, Virginia. But Loomer launched a series of posts on X accusing him of going after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by “calling him incompetent and even calling for him to be fired this year.”
The MAGA influencer branded Warner a “ra