feb 19, 2020 - US Pres. Trump announces
that Acting DNI Joseph
Maguire will be replaced by
current US Amb. to Germany
Richard Grenell (who will
only take the position
temporarily) - some* reports
assert that Maguire was a top
candidate for becoming the
permanent DNI until Trump
learned of a classified ODNI
briefing to the House Intel.
Comm. on 2/13/20 [1], which
concluded that Russia is
interfering in the 2020 US
election campaign to try to
get Trump re-elected [2]
Description:
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/after-a-congressional-briefing-on-election-threats-trump-soured-on-acting-spy-chief/2020/02/20/1ed2b4ec-53f1-11ea-b119-4faabac6674f_story.html
[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/us/politics/russian-interference-trump-democrats.html [see also: https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/20/politics/trump-russia-intelligence-2020/index.html]
* Although other reports say the timing of the decision & Trump's outburst towards Maguire about the briefing was coincidental [See [2] NYT article above]
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