President Donald Trump introduced on Tuesday the appointment of John Ratcliffe as the brand new Director of the Central Intelligence Company (CIA).
Identified for his staunch dedication to transparency and fact, Ratcliffe beforehand served as Director of Nationwide Intelligence (DNI) beneath Trump, the place he earned a popularity as a relentless advocate for American constitutional rights.
“I’m happy to announce that former Director of Nationwide Intelligence John Ratcliffe will function Director of the Central Intelligence Company (CIA),” Trump mentioned in an announcement.
“From exposing pretend Russian collusion to be a Clinton marketing campaign operation, to catching the FBI’s abuse of Civil Liberties on the FISA Court docket, John Ratcliffe has at all times been a warrior for Fact and Honesty with the American Public. When 51 intelligence officers have been mendacity about Hunter Biden’s laptop computer, there was one, John Ratcliffe, telling the reality to the American Individuals.”
This appointment displays Trump’s continued dedication to shaking up entrenched Washington institutions. Ratcliffe’s file speaks for itself: a former Congressman and Cybersecurity Chairman on the Home Homeland Safety Committee, Ratcliffe has been an unwavering advocate for U.S. nationwide safety and has tirelessly labored to maintain the intelligence equipment accountable.
“For these and lots of different causes, it was my nice honor in 2020 to award John the Nationwide Safety Medal, the Nation’s highest honor for distinguished achievement within the area of Intelligence and Nationwide Safety,” Trump mentioned.
“I stay up for John being the primary particular person ever to serve in each of our Nation’s highest Intelligence positions. He shall be a fearless fighter for the Constitutional Rights of all People, whereas guaranteeing the Highest Ranges of Nationwide Safety, and PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH,” he added.
John Ratcliffe’s bio, in keeping with the press launch:
John Ratcliffe beforehand served because the sixth Director of Nationwide Intelligence (DNI). In that function, Director Ratcliffe served because the chief of the U.S. intelligence group and principal intelligence advisor to President Trump.
Previous to his nomination and affirmation as DNI, Director Ratcliffe served in Congress for over 5 years because the U.S. Consultant for the 4th Congressional District of Texas. As a Congressman, he was a number one coverage maker on nationwide safety points as a member of the Home Intelligence and Judiciary Committees and as Cybersecurity Chairman on the Homeland Safety Committee.
Recall that former Director of Nationwide Intelligence John Ratcliffe joined Maria Bartiromo to debate China’s meddling with the 2020 presidential election on Sunday Morning Futures.
Ratcliffe made it clear that Russia, China, and Iran needed a Biden presidency, and so they all have grown stronger since Joe Biden took management of the White Home.
John Ratcliffe: Very clearly they’re, Maria. However what the report additionally tells you is what you outlined there, which is that the intelligence group has to grudgingly stroll again the inaccurate evaluation that in 2020, China was sitting on the sidelines.
Look, I used to be very vocal that we had collected particular intelligence of a selected plan or marketing campaign by China to intrude in 2020 for the particular goal of serving to Joe Biden develop into president and – to hurt President Trump in his reelection efforts.
And what this report acknowledges is that that’s precisely what occurred. They usually needed to stroll it again as a result of the impartial ombudsman got here ahead and mentioned, look, there have been analysts for China that have been suppressing intelligence intentionally as a result of they feared it will assist President Trump. And so now you could have Joe Biden’s personal Director of the NSA and head of cyber command, acknowledging that China goes to accentuate these efforts in 2024, that our biggest geopolitical foe has and can proceed to need Joe Biden to be the president for the following 4 years as a result of, stating the apparent, he’s been superb to China. China needed him within the first place as a result of Donald Trump had been so robust when it comes to commerce and tariff sanctions in opposition to China.
China accurately believed that Joe Biden can be extra pro-China and albeit thought that he can be weaker as a Commander in Chief. And clearly, these issues have performed out.
You realize, the identical Joe Biden and the administration that received’t confront China on Covid wouldn’t confront China on the spy balloon. All of those are the the reason why Joe Biden is, in some ways, the dream candidate for China to proceed for the following 4 years. They’ve superior a lot, they’ve undermined us within the Center east. They’ve gained footholds additional within the Asian Pacific areas. Every part has gone effectively for China from their international coverage standpoint, and it’s gone poorly for us…
… And so what, Maria, they’re going to do and what the acknowledgement is, is they’re going to accentuate their efforts, which means they’re going to deploy cyberweapons to attempt to affect election infrastructure. It means they’re going to interact in social media affect marketing campaign to affect American voters, and so they’re going to do the issues that they’ll to assist Joe Biden proceed to be president as a result of it’s good for China if he’s.
The previous DNI has been outspoken in his quest to report the reality on the Trump-Russia collusion hoax and the John Durham investigation into the lies and set-up of Donald Trump in the course of the 2016 election after which for a number of years into his administration.
In response to John Ratcliffe, he’s taking a look at it as a conspiracy. And the previous DNI mentioned hiding Hunter’s laptop computer story was a coordinated try and mislead the American individuals.
