"President Donald Trump announced on July 28, 2019, that he intended to nominate Ratcliffe to replace Dan Coats as Director of National Intelligence.[7][8] Ratcliffe withdrew after Republican senators raised concerns about him, former intelligence officials said he might politicize intelligence, and media revealed Ratcliffe's embellishments regarding his prosecutorial experience in terrorism and immigration cases.[9][10][11][12]

Ratcliffe has staunchly supported Trump's criticism of the investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, in particular the origins of the investigation, contending "it does appear that there were crimes committed during the Obama administration."[89] Ratcliffe has stated that he has "seen no evidence" that Russian interference in the 2016 election helped get Trump elected.[81] He has described court-approved surveillance of the Trump campaign as spying.[81] He has claimed without evidence that the Russia probe may have been tainted by a criminal conspiracy.[11]


Read more, this dude is no intelligence professional just a Trump acolyte.
Whatever he says is probably a lie from his boss.
Pathetic.

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ignorance may deride it,
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