Trump’s ‘deep state’ speech triggers pushback from Warner over Ratcliffe’s DNI role
President Donald Trump delivered a speech on election interference, claiming the 'deep state' suppressed attempts from China to interfere in the 2020 election. Trump announced the declassification of intelligence documents to support his claims, which include the alleged acquisition of 220 million US voter files by China. Senator Mark Warner pushed back on Trump's claims, citing a 2021 CIA report that stated China did not deploy interference efforts in the 2020 US Presidential election.
- ▪President Trump claimed the 'deep state' suppressed attempts from China to interfere in the 2020 election.
- ▪A 2021 CIA report stated that China did not deploy interference efforts in the 2020 US Presidential election.
- ▪Senator Mark Warner questioned CIA Director John Ratcliffe's role in overseeing election intelligence as Trump's director of national intelligence.
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Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) pushed back on President Donald Trump‘s Thursday night speech on election interference by questioning CIA Director John Ratcliffe‘s role overseeing election intelligence as Trump’s first-term director of national intelligence.Trump made a highly anticipated address to the nation on Thursday night, during which he claimed that the Beltway “deep state” suppressed attempts from China to interfere in the 2020 election. Trump announced the declassification of intelligence documents he said supported his claims of Chinese interference and his claim that the deep state “worked to actively suppress and downplay information about the extent of China’s sinister election meddling,” which Trump said included “what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in…
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