Trump announced former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe as his pick to be CIA director.
President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe is his pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency. In a Truth Social post, Trump referred to Ratcliffe as 'a warrior for Truth and Honesty' and said, 'I look forward to John being the first person ever to serve in both of our Nation's highest Intelligence positions.
He's viewed as a more traditional pick for the role, which requires Senate confirmation, than some rumored loyalists pushed by some of Trump's supporters. His last Senate confirmation, for the DNI role, was along party lines.As intelligence director, he was criticized by Democrats for declassifying in the final days of the 2020 presidential election Russian intelligence alleging damaging information about Democrats during the 2016 race even though he acknowledged it might not be true.
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