Nicole Wallace is a former CIA employee.
Posted by Badlands Media, Checked
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Badlands MediaOct 21, 2026
None of the sources report that Nicolle Wallace ever worked for the CIA. Her documented career is in Republican politics, the Bush White House, and TV commentary, and the sources do not mention intelligence work. The only CIA officer named Nicole in the sources is a different person, so she cannot confirm or refute the claim.
Our two reads of who says this, and how, disagree, so it counts as the post's own claim.
What was said
… run cover for Slacking, like, clarify what you really meant so that they can't go after you for, you know, discouraging people from working for a particular, you know, running a psychological operation to discourage people, and we all know what she's doing. We know that that's that CIA, that that freaking spook right there, is running unlawful psychological warfare operations on the American people, much as if she was trying to destabilize a foreign nation. How about we hold her accountable for it? So here's, uh, President Trump, at the end of this receiving end of this administration, even the most liberal commentators couldn't believe that you made …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. Sources describe Nicolle Wallace's career as Jeb Bush's press secretary, White House Communications Director under George W. Bush, a McCain campaign adviser, and an NBC/MSNBC political analyst, with no CIA role mentioned.[1][2][4][5][6]
Context. The CIA officer profile names an African American officer named Nicole nearing retirement, who is not Nicolle Wallace, so it does not bear on the claim.[3]
Context. The claim matches the passage's reference to Wallace, and no source addresses her employment history with any intelligence agency, so the claim is neither supported nor contradicted.
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary, 3 not rated
- 1Nicolle Wallacepolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Novel Approach - Cal Alumni Association - UC Berkeleyalumni.berkeley.edu · primary source · cited for: context
- 3A CIA Officer Reflects On Her Great-Great Grandfather's ...cia.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4Nicolle Wallace - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Nicolle Wallaceinfluencewatch.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Nicolle Wallace Movies and Showstv.apple.com · not rated · cited for: context
Where this claim was made
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