‘A Russian asset’: Democrats slam Trump’s pick of Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence

Other nominees - Matt Gaetz for attorney general and Peter Hegseth for secretary of defense - were also condemned

Democratic lawmakers are slamming Donald Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, saying their former House colleague is a vocal supporter of Russia who poses a threat to US national intelligence.

Jason Crow, a House Democrat from Colorado and a member of the House intelligence committee, told NBC News that he has deep questions about where her loyalties lie".