Leaked Memos Suggest a Reclusive Guru Who Wanted To 'Rule the World' Scripted Tulsi Gabbard for Years

A trove of confidential memos has thrust the question of who really directed Tulsi Gabbard into the open, with a former follower alleging that a secretive Hawaii guru scripted her politics for the best part of a decade.

The Washington Post investigation, published on 21 June 2026 by reporter Jon Swaine, draws on hundreds of memos said to detail policy and political guidance for Gabbard during her years in Congress.

The newspaper alleges the instructions trace back to Chris Butler, the reclusive leader of the Science of Identity Foundation, the breakaway Hare Krishna group in which Gabbard was raised...