MS NOW's Vaughn Hillyard reports that Bill Pulte and John Solomon have “greater access to the president of the United States than ever before”
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From the July 14, 2026, edition of MS NOW's Deadline: White House
VAUGHN HILLYARD (CORRESPONDENT): And I just want to read a quote to you from a current administration official who is emphasizing that we need to consistently talk about Bill Pulte and John Solomon, the former journalist turned special government employee. Both of those men brought in one month ago into these roles.
And the way that it's framed to me is that essentially, John Solomon is the one that is pushing a lot of the conspiracy theories, then claims that there is raw material that the intelligence community has access to, that they're not released, and that he is the one putting this into the ear of Donald Trump, that there is actually evidence that would support his claim that the election in 2020 was stolen.
But then it's Bill Pulte, the current Director of National Intelligence, the acting one, who is essentially the one that has promised the president, we are told by multiple sources, is the one that is essentially doing whatever it takes to carry it out. The quote I just want to read to you, we're publishing on MS.NOW, right now, but we wanted to get this on-air quote -- this is an administration official who has been familiar with the raw intelligence available across the intelligence community. And that is, quote, it's that network of people, referring to Solomon and Pulte, that is the real effing problem. They try to put bits and pieces together and then make these conclusions. Everything I have seen, it's not what's there.
And the reason that I'm emphasizing this is the fact that for the first time, I would say in the second Trump administration, to your point, Nicole, there are factions within this White House, and there is one faction that is clearly winning out. And it is that Bill Pulte, John Solomon faction, those that have lifted up and supported claims made by people like Michael Flynn, and in the last months, they have had greater access to the president of the United States than ever before.