THAT probably resulted in a new temporary Director of Intelligence move…
The view from the intelligence community is the Russian efforts have ALREADY begun…
Trump has ALWAYS tried to deny he had Russian assistance getting his job….
Donald Trump’s chances get better everyday…
Intelligence officials warned House lawmakers last week that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get President Trump re-elected, five people familiar with the matter said, in a disclosure that angered Mr. Trump, who complained that Democrats would use it against him.
The day after the Feb. 13 briefing to lawmakers, Mr. Trump berated Joseph Maguire, the outgoing acting director of national intelligence, for allowing it to take place, people familiar with the exchange said. Mr. Trump cited the presence in the briefing of Representative Adam B. Schiff, the California Democrat who led the impeachment proceedings against him, as a particular irritant.
During the briefing to the House Intelligence Committee, Mr. Trump’s allies challenged the conclusions, arguing that Mr. Trump has been tough on Russia and strengthened European security. Some intelligence officials viewed the briefing as a tactical error, saying that had the official who delivered the conclusion spoken less pointedly or left it out, they would have avoided angering the Republicans.
That intelligence official, Shelby Pierson, is an aide to Mr. Maguire who has a reputation of delivering intelligence in somewhat blunt terms. The president announced on Wednesday that he was replacing Mr. Maguire with Richard Grenell, the ambassador to Germany and long an aggressively vocal Trump supporter….
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As acting DNI, Grenell would oversee the intelligence community’s efforts to combat election interference and disinformation, but he has been skeptical of Russia’s role in 2016.
“Russian or Russian-approved tactics like cyber warfare and campaigns of misinformation have been happening for decades,” he wrote in a 2016opinion article for Fox News, playing down the severity of the threat. That view is at odds with the conclusions of senior U.S. intelligence officials, who have said Russia’s operation in 2016 was sweeping and systematic, and unlike previous Russian or Soviet efforts.
But Grenell’s view is in line with Trump’s assessment. The president has portrayed disinformation campaigns as commonplace and has compared Russia’s interventions to U.S. efforts to support democracy overseas.
Some lawmakers said that Grenell lacks the experience necessary for the job and have said his avid support for the president could impair his duty to speak candidly to Trump and represent the intelligence community as a nonpolitical body….
If it is Bernie vs. Trump I seriously do not understand why Russia would not prefer Bernie (and of course Trump yelling fraud, etc, whatever causes divide in America)
What is Bernie going to do to Russia that they will not like? Build up our military? Please.
I agree I would think the Russian would want Bernie as a win/win situation…..
Someone Trump could beat ….OR…Someone who continue to retreat from foreign affairs allowing their expansionists policies …
It would be a win/win for them, no doubt.
The difference is that Trump has people in his Administration who have actually done things against Russia they don’t like (and our economy looks good now)
Bernie isn’t the issue here.
The issue here is the rank cowardice of the Republican Party.
This should be denounced by every Republican in Congress,instead?
Trump is angrily trying to cover it up.
And where are the Republicans?As usual cowering in fear of their “leader.”
There’s been no indication that either Bernie admires Putin as Trump does or that the Putin wants a Sanders Presidency nearly as much as they want Trump reelected.
And as Jack notes the issue here is the Republicans in the House and Senate being rank cowards.
Vote them all out!
it HAS ALWAYS been about bringing out the vote….
But?
Democratic DIVISIONS will NOT HELP…
Maxine Waters says she has worked with the Crips and the Bloods and Trump is worse than them.
What would be a name for an Orange gang?
Some HAVE defined Trump & Co. as a criminal enterprise …..
Would the convictions confirm that and crime boss that WAS indicted/impeached????🙄