In her written testimony during the annual threat assessment, Director of National Intelligence and Trump ally Tulsi Gabbard indicated that Iran's nuclear enrichment program had been destroyed, and since then there have been no efforts to restore enrichment capabilities. However, during a Senate Intelligence Committee meeting, Gabbard did not reiterate this conclusion, which left some senators questioning her consistency. Pressured by a Democratic senator to explain her omission, she claimed she lacked time to read through all her testimonies but did not dispute the assessment itself.