Trump's acting intelligence chief Bill Pulte arrived a day early after asking for a list of every employee in the office so he could assess whether to fire them, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN

Sources say Pulte is considering cutting hundreds of jobs at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Pulte previously did not have a security clearance and has no intelligence experience before taking the role.

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President Donald Trump’s pick for acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, showed up at his new job a day early on Thursday after asking for a list of every employee in the office so he could assess whether to fire them, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.