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Feb. 3 (UPI) — U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Monday said she attended an FBI search of election offices in Georgia last week at the request of President Donald Trump, defending her and the Trump administration’s role in the law enforcement action against mounting Democratic criticism.

Gabbard has come under growing scrutiny since photographs surfaced showing her with FBI agents executing a search warrant at the Fulton County elections hub, where authorities seized documents related to the 2020 election.

Democratic concerns about alleged Trump administration efforts to undermine the upcoming midterm elections have been stoked by Gabbard’s unprecedented involvement in the raid at Fulton County, prompting House and Senate Democrats on their respective intelligence committees to demand she explain her role.

In a Monday letter addressed to Rep. James Himes, D-Conn., the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Gabbard said she accompanied FBI personnel “for a brief time” while they executed the search warrant.

“My presence was requested by the President and executed under my broad statutory authority to coordinate, integrate and analyze intelligence related to election security, including counterintelligence, foreign and other malign influence and cybersecurity,” she said.

“ODNI’s Office of General Counsel has found my actions to be consistent and well within my statutory authorities as the Director of National Intelligence.”

In the letter, she told the Democrats that her office “will not irresponsibly share incomplete intelligence assessments,” but she would share them with Congress once they are completed.

Fulton County was the focal point of Trump’s unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, which he lost to President Joe Biden. Trump and 18 others were later charged in Georgia for their alleged efforts to overturn the state’s results, a racketeering case that was dropped late last year following Trump’s return to the White House.

The letter came as The New York Times reported Monday that a day after the Wednesday raid, Gabbard arranged a phone call between the involved FBI agents and Trump.

“Tulsi Gabbard has no legal role in domestic law enforcement, yet 5 days ago she participated in an FBI raid of Fulton County, Georgia’s election office — the center of Trump’s 2020 election conspiracy theories,” Warner said on X on Monday.

“And now we find out that she orchestrated a call between Trump and the FBI agents conducting the raid? Something’s not passing the smell test…”

Gabbard confirmed the call in her letter Monday, stating: “While visiting the FBI File Office in Atlanta, I thanked the FBI agents for their professionalism and great work, and facilitated a brief phone call for the President to thank the agents personally for their work.”

“He did not ask any questions, nor did he or I issue any directive,” she added.

WASHINGTON — President Trump said Saturday that he has instructed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to tell agents not to intervene in protests occurring in cities led by Democrats unless local authorities ask for federal help amid mounting criticism of his administration’s immigration crackdown.

On his social media site, Trump posted that “under no circumstances are we going to participate in various poorly run Democrat Cities with regard to their Protests and/or Riots unless, and until, they ask us for help.”

He provided no details on how his order would affect operations by Customs and Border Protection personnel or that of other federal agencies, but added: “We will, however, guard, and very powerfully so, any and all Federal Buildings that are being attacked by these highly paid Lunatics, Agitators, and Insurrectionists.”

Trump said that, in addition to his instructions to Noem, he had directed “ICE and/or Border Patrol to be very forceful in this protection of Federal Government Property.”

The Trump administration has already deployed the National Guard or federal law enforcement officials in a number of Democratic-led cities, including Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland, Ore. But Saturday’s order comes as opposition to such tactics has grown, particularly in Minnesota’s Twin Cities region.

Minnesota Atty. Gen. Keith Ellison and the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul have challenged a federal immigration enforcement surge in those cities, arguing that Homeland Security is violating constitutional protections.

A federal judge ruled Saturday that she won’t halt enforcement operations as the lawsuit proceeds. State and local officials had sought a quick order to halt the enforcement action or limit its scope. Justice Department lawyers have called the lawsuit “legally frivolous.”

The state, and particularly Minneapolis, has been on edge after federal officers fatally shot two people in the city: Renee Good on Jan. 7 and Alex Pretti on Jan. 24. Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest the federal immigration presence in Minnesota and across the country.

Trump’s border advisor, Tom Homan, has suggested the administration could reduce the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota — but only if state and local officials “cooperate.” Trump sent Homan to Minneapolis following the killings of Good and Pretti, seeming to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minnesota.

Weissert writes for the Associated Press.

Summer Robert, 28, claims she was asked to leave Disneyland because staff deemed her outfit “inappropriate”. She says she was unable to cover up her boobs properly

People may think that it’s great to have big boobs, but a woman has shared just how challenging it can be to live with larger breasts. Summer Robert, 28, has previously shared that she can’t control how big her boobs grow due to a rare condition.

She currently has R-cup breasts, but they could grow even bigger, as she suffers from something called Macromastia. This is the medical term used to describe having abnormally large breasts. The health problem can actually cause many issues such as chronic back, neck and shoulder pain and headaches, and she recently explained how people can misunderstand things about how she looks.

Summer, from Glasgow, recently visited Disneyland, in California, where she alleges she was approached by a disgruntled staff member who demanded she “leave the park” as a guest had complained about her. She said the experience was “humiliating”, and it’s not the first time someone has been told they look inappropriate at a theme park.

In an open conversation, Summer, who has over 200,000 Instagram followers, explained: “I was absolutely heartbroken. You go to the happiest place on earth, expecting a wonderful time, but instead I was treated horribly. I have a medical condition I can’t control and, because I can’t find clothes that fully cover my 30R chest, I was kicked from the park.

“Being followed into a shop by staff like I was a criminal simply for existing in my own body is a level of humiliation I wouldn’t wish on anyone.”

Summer said she had visited Disney before and worn a similar outfit, but she’s never previously had any problems. She has been to Orlando and Paris with “no complaints” about her choice of clothing.

During her trip, she was wearing a skirt and a long-sleeved top, something she thought was more than acceptable for the occasion. However, according to her, some members of staff had other ideas.

Summer said: “A male employee approached me and said ‘This is just to let you know someone has complained about what you’re wearing’. I asked him what was wrong with my outfit, and he shrugged, and gave me a look that basically said ‘nothing’.

“I told him there was nothing inappropriate about what I was wearing. I was dressed the same as most people there, the only difference being that I have larger breasts. He laughed and said ‘Trust me, I’m trying not to look — you’re good’.

“As I started to walk away, an older female employee came up to me and began shouting. She said ‘I’m a mother, an aunt and a daughter and I can tell you’re dressed ridiculously. You need to go to your car and get a sweatshirt to cover them up’.

“I told her I didn’t have a sweatshirt, it was 30° heat, and asked why I would. She then told me I needed to buy one from the Disney store or leave.”

At this point, Summer claimed she was “yelling”, which made the male employee “extremely uncomfortable”. Summer said he kept glancing at her as if to apologise for her behaviour.

Summer told them they were about to leave anyway, which seemed to please the female member of staff. However, it’s claimed she then followed Summer and her friends.

“My friend and I went into a store outside of the park, thinking she had stopped following us,” she added. “While we were browsing, she approached us again and said ‘Unless you’re in here buying something to cover them up, you need to leave NOW.’

“I had remained calm the entire time, because I didn’t want to draw attention to myself, and was honestly embarrassed, but at that point I spoke up. I told her ‘We’ve left the park. I’m not buying something to cover up.

“There is absolutely nothing wrong with my outfit, there are people walking around in sports bras and leggings. I am fully covered. The only difference is that I have large breasts, which I cannot help’.

“She changed her story and claimed the issue was now my skirt, a skirt that had shorts underneath. This was despite her repeatedly saying I needed to ‘cover those up’, clearly referring to my chest. A back-and-forth followed. People were staring, and several parents were visibly shaking their heads at her in disapproval.”

Summer stated the entire experience left her feeling “disgusting”, and led to her crying all the way home. They spent around four hours in the park before the events unfolded, and also received a free fast pass ticket for a ride from a worker prior to this.

She added that she now won’t return to California Disney, as the incident left her feeling so “embarrassed”. Summer continued: “It’s sad, because we were having such a good time until it happened, and now I just have a sour taste in my mouth.”

Disney has been asked to comment.