Trump may be violating his own election-tampering order: national security expert

Source: Raw Story


NOOR AL-SIBAI
04 FEB 2019 AT 16:55 ET

A national security expert explained Monday why Donald Trump may be violating his own election-tampering executive order that was created after accusations that Russia meddled in American elections.

Independent national security journalist Marcy Wheeler noted Monday that an exchange between Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and members of the Senate’s Intelligence Committee showed the DNI attempting to evade the requirements of his boss’ order.

Committee member Martin Heinrich (D-NM) pressed Coats during the Worldwide Threat Assessment hearing last week, Wheeler noted, as to why the intelligence community had yet to release a statement on Russia’s reported election tampering during the 2018 midterms.

“Your office issued a statement recently announcing that you had submitted the intelligence community’s report assessing the threats to the 2018 mid-term elections to the President and to appropriate Executive Agencies,” Heinrich said, “Our committee has not seen this report.”

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