Oh My: Luna Says CIA Has Taken 40 Boxes From ODNI That Gabbard Was Preparing to Declassify (Updated)

Troubling news this Wednesday evening as relayed by GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13).

In a News Nation interview, Luna shared that the CIA has unceremoniously taken some 40 or so boxes of documents (see update at bottom of this article), which she says were related to the JFK assassination and the MKUltra files, from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's office as she was reviewing them for declassification:

LUNA: "We were actually just notified that the CIA went in and took documents out of ODNI. Multiple boxes pertaining to the JFK files as well as MKUltra."
"The reason why this is troubling is A, there was an executive order that the president had directed the full declassification of JFK, but then also to the MKUltra files."
"The CIA famously has said that, you know, all documents were released and other documents had been destroyed. So these are allegedly those documents that apparently never existed."
"And so very troubling. I did just talk to Chairman Comer and we are sending in the next hour or so a preservation of documents requests to the CIA."
"I have called into the White House to the director of the CIA himself. And so obviously, as this develops, we'll keep everyone up to date. But strange times we're living."

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🚨 JUST IN: The CIA has just SEIZED boxes of DOCUMENTS in DNI Tulsi Gabbard's office relating to the JFK files and MKUltra, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna says

LUNA: "We were actually just notified that the CIA went in and took documents out of ODNI. Multiple boxes pertaining to the JFK… pic.twitter.com/7l6eMEvaVa
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 13, 2026

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Additionally, a CIA whistleblower made the following claims about the agency:

CIA whistleblower claims the agency “took back 40 boxes of JFK and MK-Ultra files” that Tulsi Gabbard was reviewing for declassification.
The whistleblower also alleges the CIA “illegally monitored the computer and phone usage” of Gabbard’s investigators during the probe into the COVID-19 origins cover-up.
“These were Americans being spied on illegally while carrying out duties directed by the President and under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence.”

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CIA whistleblower claims the agency “took back 40 boxes of JFK and MK-Ultra files” that Tulsi Gabbard was reviewing for declassification.

The whistleblower also alleges the CIA “illegally monitored the computer and phone usage” of Gabbard’s investigators during the probe into… pic.twitter.com/AIRfS2utQE
— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) May 13, 2026

On X, Luna, who is the Chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, wrote that "The CIA has 24 hours to return the documents to Tulsi Gabbard’s office or else I will make a motion to issue a subpoena. These documents have been requested by Congress."

UPDATE: A clarification from Luna:

Clarification: Took documents that ODNI has jurisdiction over. Also, this did not happen today & was not a “raid” however it did take place and we are just being made aware of it based on reporting etc. https://t.co/erYzUWDZVQ
— Anna Paulina Luna (@realannapaulina) May 14, 2026

This is a developing story. Stay tuned to RedState for updates.

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