Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) and the House Oversight Committee issued a warning and subpoena to the CIA and Director John Ratcliffe on Wednesday. The action came after a whistleblower accused the agency of seizing documents related to the JFK assassination and MKUltra — the CIA’s experimentation on human behavior and mind control through the use of drugs — from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard.
CIA whistleblower James Erdman III testified during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing earlier that the CIA “took back 40 boxes of JFK files and MKUltra files being processed for declassification by DNI Gabbard” in what he described as “documented efforts to circumvent oversight.”
During an interview with News Nation’s Katie Pavlich following the bombshell testimony, Luna sounded the alarm on the CIA’s alleged refusal to follow President Trump’s executive orders and its aversion to transparency.
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Luna:Yeah, so we were actually just notified that the CIA went in and took documents out of ODNI, multiple boxes pertaining to the JFK files as well as MK Ultra. The reason why this is troubling is A: there was an executive order that the President had directed the full declassification of JFK. But then also to the MK Ultra files, the CIA famously has said that, you know, all documents were released and other documents had been destroyed. So these are allegedly those documents that apparently never existed and so very troubling.
I did just talk to Chairman Comer, and we are sending, in the next hour or so, a preservation of documents request to the CIA. I have calls into the White House, to the director of the CIA himself, and so obviously, as this develops, we’ll keep everyone up to date, but strange times we’re living in.
Luna later published a letter signed by herself and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), demanding the preservation of all existing and future records related to the seized items.
“Docs need to be returned to ODNI given that ODNI was given direction and authority by the President to declass RFK, MLK, & JFK. Regarding MKULTRA, these were documents specifically requested by my Task Force and currently being used for our investigation,” she wrote on X.
Given the nature of docs in question, we are sending a preservation notice. Docs need to be returned to ODNI given that ODNI was given direction and authority by the President to declass RFK, MLK, & JFK. Regarding MKULTRA, these were documents specifically requested by my Task… pic.twitter.com/uBnt5RqjDD
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) May 13, 2026
Luna further blasted the CIA, giving them a deadline of 24 hours to return the documents and threatening to subpoena CIA officials.
The CIA has 24 hours to return the documents to Tulsi Gabbard’s office or else I will make a motion to issue a subpoena. These documents have been requested by Congress. @DNIGabbard @CIADirector
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) May 13, 2026
“Someone at the CIA is actively undermining an executive order,” she also wrote. “I suggest you figure out who and quick. Punitive action incoming.”
Someone at the CIA is actively undermining an executive order @CIA. I suggest you figure out who and quick. Punitive action incoming.
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) May 13, 2026
