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DNI Pulte posts declassified doc from 2020: Nikki Floris ran a shadow gov across the FBI

Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:57 am
Posted by hawgfaninc
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:57 am




Grok:
quote:

This is a declassified Sept 2020 internal chat involving then-FBI Counterintelligence official Nikki L. Floris (FITF lead). It covers recalling a China election IIR, Russia report revisions, and routing all election IIRs through FITF/HQ. She remarks she is "basically running a shadow government across the FBI." Released publicly July 2026.

She's talking to a redacted OGA (Other Government Agency) contact, labeled (DI) (OGA) in the chat log. The name is blacked out in the declassified release.

Educated guess: a CIA Directorate of Intelligence (DI) analyst or liaison handling election-threat inputs for the President's Daily Brief. OGA is standard IC shorthand for CIA; the chat references the PDB briefer, the Director's book, and China/Russia IIR coordination—classic DI roles. Name stays redacted in the release.

Posted by Padme
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:02 am to
They would have arrested my butt
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:08 am to
quote:

ran a shadow gov across the FBI


First question:

What does this specifically entail?

Second question:

What is the specific evidence to support the answer to the first question?
Posted by uggabugga
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:11 am to
Not a peep about this in the deMSM

LINK

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Posted by hawgfaninc
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:11 am to
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:14 am to
That memo only says they have plans. Did they follow through with the plans? That's the real story. I want to read THAT memo.
This post was edited on 7/28/26 at 8:14 am
Posted by deathvalleytiger10
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:15 am to
Those questions are exactly what should be investigated. Obviously something nefarious was occurring.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:16 am to
quote:

Those questions are exactly what should be investigated.


Correct. No point in connecting dots. We need to wait for direct, credible evidence.
Posted by SidewalkDawg
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:18 am to
That exchange reads to me like a frustrated employee venting to another frustrated employee. I don't think the statement "i'm basically running a shadow government" should be taken seriously.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:23 am to
quote:

That exchange reads to me like a frustrated employee venting to another frustrated employee. I don't think the statement "i'm basically running a shadow government" should be taken seriously.


Therein lies the rub. How much of this was venting/puffery and how much was an actual "shadow government" (whatever that means)
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:35 am to
Notation: in the last @Grok paragraph protecting Floris with "unverified raw intelligence" is complete horse manure......

SFP will repeat like a mockingbird pigeon shitting all over the chess board. (If it was unverified raw intelligence she would not have said, frick yeah she was running a shadow govt.

It is the equivalent of SFP saying the pee dossier was unverified raw intelligence... so it didn't really count in obtaining a FISA court order...

quote:

Nikki L. Floris (also referred to as Nikki Floris) was a senior FBI intelligence official, primarily serving as Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) in the Counterintelligence Division at FBI Headquarters (around 2018–2022).

fbi.gov

Chain of Command / Who She Answered ToAs a Deputy Assistant Director in the Counterintelligence Division (part of the National Security Branch), she would typically report to an Assistant Director (AD) of that division or a higher executive in the Counterintelligence program, ultimately escalating to the Deputy Director and Director of the FBI.

justice.gov

She served as the FBI’s election security lead for the 2020 presidential elections and led the Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF) section. In this role, she routinely (if not daily) briefed FBI Director Christopher Wray on 2020 election threats.

@ItsYourGov

In May 2022, Director Christopher Wray directly named her as the first Intelligence Analyst in Charge of the Intelligence Division at the Washington Field Office.

fbi.gov

She left the FBI in May 2025 (reportedly forced out by then-Director Kash Patel) and now works in the private sector at Microsoft as Director of Insider Risk.

@grok

In standard FBI structure, DADs in national security/counterintelligence roles operate under the Executive Assistant Director (EAD) for the National Security Branch and have significant operational autonomy but remain accountable upward to the Director’s office, especially on high-profile issues like election security and foreign interference.

justice.gov

Evidence of Communications with Higher-UpsYes, there is publicly released evidence of her internal FBI communications, including texts and emails from 2020 that were declassified and publicized in July 2026. These show her coordinating with colleagues on sensitive election-related intelligence and centralizing control.

dailycaller.com

Key example (late September 2020):In response to an Intelligence Information Report (IIR) from the Albany Field Office alleging possible Chinese election interference (fake driver’s licenses for mail-in voting favoring Biden), Floris and her team worked to recall/retract it.
She wrote (in texts now declassified): “Another fricking IIR went out re election security... We’ll get this back in a box!” and “I am basically running a shadow government inside the FBI right now.” A colleague replied along the lines of “Do what you have to do :)”.

worldtribune.com

Context around these comms:Internal concerns included the report potentially contradicting Director Wray’s recent Senate testimony (no coordinated national voter fraud seen).

americanthinker.com

She helped centralize all foreign election interference reports through HQ (her team) for micromanagement.

dailycaller.com

She was involved in other 2020 activities, such as a “defensive briefing” to Senators Grassley and Johnson on Russian disinformation (tied to their Biden probe) and operations like “Round River.”

@ItsYourGov

These messages demonstrate her operational influence and direct coordination within the Counterintelligence Division and with field offices, but they do not include verbatim exchanges with Wray himself in the released materials. Her frequent briefings to Wray (per her own prior statements) place her in regular high-level contact.

@ItsYourGov

Note: The declassified documents and her quoted messages have been widely reported (e.g., Daily Caller, Oversight Project threads), but interpretations vary—some view them as evidence of politicized suppression of intelligence, while others note the underlying report was unverified raw intelligence from a single source. No public charges have been filed against her as of the latest reports.

news.meaww.com

This is based on official FBI bios, congressional records, and declassified materials released in 2026.



This post was edited on 7/28/26 at 8:37 am
Posted by CaptEasy
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Member since Feb 2018
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:35 am to
quote:

don't think the statement "i'm basically running a shadow government" should be taken seriously.



“Hey y’all, it’s only a couple of higher up officials talking about circumventing the constitution and running a shadow government. Nothing to be concerned about”


Spoken like a government stooge.
Posted by SidewalkDawg
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:15 am to
quote:

Spoken like a government stooge.




I've worked in corporate America for over 20 years. I hope to god no one with your ability to sense sarcasm ever reviews my chat logs.
Posted by RohanGonzales
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:30 am to
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I've worked in corporate America for over 20 years. I hope to god no one with your ability to sense sarcasm ever reviews my chat logs.


careful with sarcasm in a sea of lawyer posts
Posted by BTROleMisser
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Member since Nov 2017
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:11 am to
quote:


quote:
ran a shadow gov across the FBI


First question:

What does this specifically entail?

Second question:

What is the specific evidence to support the answer to the first question?


Translation: TDSFPLC says, "NUH UH!!!!!! NO PROOF!!!! MAGA CONSPIRACY THEORY!!!! BIG LIE!!!! REEEEEEEE!!!! "
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