Departing intelligence official blasts Washington Post article as 'hogwash,' says she supports Trump

Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a departing top intelligence officer in the Trump administration and former CIA undercover officer, called a Washington Post article claiming she left her position over disputes with President Donald Trump's military involvement in Iran "hogwash." 

"I stand with the President EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. And I will be at his side, serving on the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board and the Intelligence Oversight Board with pride, devotion, and deepest gratitude for the coming two and a half years," Kennedy, who is daughter-in-law of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said in a scathing post on X responding to the article. 

The Washington Post article cited an anonymous source claiming she left her position as deputy to director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbarb in part over her disagreement with Trump's military involvement in Iran. 

The article goes on to share an email to colleagues, which the Post had obtained, stating that she was leaving to return to the private sector in order to focus on her family. The Post noted that the email praised Trump. 

Kennedy's post on X reiterated that her departure had nothing to do with any disagreements with Trump. She said she's returning to the private sector to keep her "family financially on track." She has a daughter about to enter college, and two younger children to education, she said. 

"The Washington Post – who swamp-cheered their way through the last two decades’ disastrous and violent wars – speculated yesterday that perhaps I’m rejoining the private sector due to disagreement with the President’s foreign policy," Kennedy said. 

She said that there can be no stable peace so long as Iran is allowed to enrich uranium, and she called the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz "masterful." 

"It’s doing so with vastly fewer casualties than Bush and Obama’s disastrous war in Iraq, where hundreds of thousands died, millions were displaced, and the threat of WMD did not actually exist. Whatever the media may say, this is a President who treasures human life. A brilliant tactician and tough negotiator, who delivers peace through strength," Kennedy said.