Intel officials warned House last week that Russia was interfering in 2020 election; Trump angry

[Leghorn21]

Breaking via NYT: Intel officials warned House lawmakers last week that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get Trump re-elected, five people familiar with the matter said. That angered Trump, who complained Dems would use it against him.

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[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. Dirty Donnie likes the free assistance from his master Putin.

[Leghorn21]

3. Yeah, but at least the Senate has passed a ton of election security bil-

OH WAIT

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. Yep. Moscow Mitch and the Gangsters Of Putin are on it.

They see outside interference as their best path to permanent rule.

[Leghorn21]

2. from the article:

WASHINGTON — 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.

[stillcool]

7. bad enough without that..

3rd paragraph. Good reminder that we need way more than a new President.

[Squinch]

4. We need to come together behind a moderate real soon.

[wishstar]

5. He wants his new intelligence chief Grennell to block any future disclosures to Congress and public

That's my conclusion since it seems obvious that his new acting appointee was selected just for loyalty, not competence but with expectation of covering up national security warnings or revelations from the intelligence community that might expose Trump corruption

[abqtommy]

6. Poor widdle snowfwake tWUMPY... hey, we already impeached your orangeness. We'll use

everything we can.

[11 Bravo]

9. Trump angry! Trump smash! Trump eats shit and suffers gastrointestinal distress!

(OK, that last one may have been a bit of wishful thinking.)

[Amaryllis]

10. Had to check to see if it was the Onion...would that it was...but this is reality now.