Trumps criticism of intelligence on Russia is dividing Hill GOP
Source: washington post
By Karoun Demirjian and Greg Miller January 4 at 9:49 PM
President-elect Donald Trumps broadside against the intelligence community is dividing Capitol Hill Republicans, with some ready to pounce on Trumps skepticism that Russia interfered with the U.S. elections and others urging a more cautious approach.
The resulting schism could widen as Congress begins probing the CIAs charges that Russia intervened in the November elections in an attempt to help Trump, potentially becoming one of the first significant intraparty breaches of the Trump presidency.
U.S. critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin, such as Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), want to go full-bore on holding Russia to account for its suspected election interference. But they may be slowed by GOP senators who prefer to wait to hear the intelligence communitys evidence and for Trump to be installed in the White House.
When asked whether he would be influenced by Trumps Tuesday tweet about a supposedly delayed Intelligence briefing on so-called Russian hacking, McCain said flatly, No.
McCain will hold a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday on foreign cyber threats that is expected to center on Russia. Intelligence officials ............................
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lamp_shade
(14,841 posts)gordianot
(15,245 posts)Eat hardy.
BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)and he said his successor would spend even more. At least, a normal successor. Of course, Trump knows things that others don't, so maybe he/we will be ok. Then again, what was that proprietary tidbit he promised to release Tuesday or Wednesday...? Carrier pigeons, anyone?
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)In reply to Donald J. Trump
Sunlei ?@SunleiHolysmoke · 2h2 hours ago
@realDonaldTrump you, Mr. Trump cuddle-up with Assange a person who accepts STOLEN FILES. Files stolen from "the people", stolen from USA
DK504
(3,847 posts)He wants to be a king. The GOP doesn't yet believe the depth of his insanity.
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)Interesting times ahead!!
bdamomma
(63,922 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)angrychair
(8,733 posts)Any republican. I get sick when I watch Democrats praise and act positive about people that are otherwise more than willing to dissolve the ACA, SSI, Medicaid, Medicare, trash environmental regulations and sell off our national parks to oil and gas drilling and mining.
You are defending intelligence services that routinely compromise our civil liberties on a regular basis.
Fuck 'em all and let the monsters eat each other.