Justice Dept to assess claims of ‘alleged weaponization’ of US intelligence community

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday it was forming a strike force to assess recent claims made by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard about “alleged weaponization of the U.S. intelligence community.”

“This Department takes alleged weaponization of the intelligence community with the utmost seriousness,” the Justice Department said in a statement.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Leslie Adler)