Were any former obama administration cabinet members questioned by federal investigators this year?

1. The headline: no explicit, named interviews of ex-Cabinet in the supplied reporting

The Washington Post story provided describes a Miami U.S. attorney, Jason Reding Quiñones, who "is pursuing a broad investigation into former Obama officials" and has been tapped by the Trump administration to lead that probe ^[1]. That reporting frames an active investigation into former Obama aides but, in the documents you supplied, it stops short of saying federal investigators have publicly questioned any specific former Obama Cabinet member this year by name ^[1].

2. What the DNI release alleges — scope but not individual questioning

A DNI press release posted in 2025 by Director Tulsi Gabbard asserts "overwhelming evidence" that Obama and his national security cabinet members politicized intelligence after the 2016 election and references meetings that included high-level officials ^[2]. The release makes broad allegations and names principals present at a December 2016 meeting, but the document as provided does not state that federal investigators questioned former Cabinet members this year nor does it document interviews or subpoenas of named ex-Cabinet officials ^[2].

3. Two different narratives in the sources — investigative pursuit vs. public allegations

The Washington Post article depicts a prosecutorial campaign by a U.S. attorney that could lead to interviews or legal action against former Obama aides ^[1]. The DNI release presents an intelligence-agency-style accusation of misconduct by Obama-era national security officials ^[2]. The two sources therefore point to overlapping attention on former Obama officials, but neither source supplied confirms that any former Cabinet member was questioned by federal investigators this year ^{[1] [2]}.

4. Why absence of named questioning matters — limits of the record you supplied

Because the Washington Post piece focuses on the initiation and scope of an investigation rather than line-by-line developments such as interviews, and the DNI release offers political-level allegations, the available sources do not provide the kind of contemporaneous, named reporting that would confirm federal questioning of former Cabinet members this year ^{[1] [2]}. If you seek confirmation of specific interviews, the supplied material does not contain those details.

5. Competing perspectives and possible agendas in the sources

The Washington Post item reads like traditional investigative reporting about a prosecutor aligned with the current administration taking a hard line on former officials ^[1]. The DNI release, by contrast, is an official statement from an intelligence office led by Tulsi Gabbard — itself a political actor — leveling sweeping allegations about "manufactured" intelligence ^[2]. The DNI document serves an accusatory, partisan function; the Post frames prosecutorial activity that may reflect the priorities of the Trump Justice Department ^{[2] [1]}.

6. What is and isn’t present in these documents — factual checklist

Present in the supplied reporting: a U.S. attorney in Miami pursuing a "broad investigation into former Obama officials" ^[1]; a DNI press release alleging politicization of intelligence by Obama-era national security principals and naming participants in a 2016 meeting ^[2]. Not found in the supplied reporting: explicit statements that federal investigators questioned specific former Obama Cabinet members this year, named interviewees, or publicly released witness interview records ^{[1] [2]}.

7. Next steps if you want confirmation of interviews or subpoenas

To move beyond the ambiguity in these sources, request or review follow-up reporting from outlets like The Washington Post, Reuters, or the DOJ and U.S. Attorney’s Office press releases for named interviews, subpoenas, plea filings, or court dockets; those would provide direct evidence of federal questioning. The documents you provided do not contain that level of detail ^{[1] [2]}.