The Senate Intelligence Committee will begin hearings soon after the new Congress takes its seats on Jan. 3. The attacks on her started early. On Nov. 13, “Nearly 100 former senior U.S. diplomats and intelligence and national security officials,” as AP described them, signed a letter calling for closed-door hearings.

Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. intelligence community, does not have a Senate confirmation hearing on the horizon amid concerns from Democrats over missing vetting materials.

Senate Democrats want to slow the roll on Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. intelligence community. Democrats are insisting on delaying Gabbard’s confirmation hearing for director of national intelligence,