US President- elect Donald Trump’s nomination of former Democratic Representative Tulsi Gabbard as the Director of National Intelligence has eventually sparked a significant controversy specifically based on her ties to a religious group described as a ‘cult’, reported DailyBeast. Tulsi Gabbard had made history as the first American Samoan and Hindu in Congress while she has faced severe scrutiny over her connections to the Science of Identity Foundation (SIF) which is led by Chris Butler, who is regarded by followers as a deity.

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