President Trump has had difficulty finding a confirmable nominee for Director of National Intelligence, dismisses reports Russia helping reelect him.
February 21, 2020, 4:58 PMThe president believed Democrats would use information from a briefing with the House Intelligence Committee that Russia is planning to interfere in the 2020 campaign to bolster Trump’s re-election against him.
President Donald Trump delivers the commencement address at the "Hope for Prisoners" graduation ceremony, TFeb. 20, 2020, in Las Vegas.The critical post represents the country’s top-ranked intelligence official, with a range of responsibilities including the production of the Presidential Daily Brief, a top secret document summarizing the nation’s top intelligence threats.
That briefing infuriated Trump, particularly due to the presence of House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, the Democrat at the forefront of the failed effort to remove Trump from office. Trump worried Democrats would use the information from the briefing against him. Grenell, who is keeping his job as Ambassador to Germany, has conceded he will not be nominated to fill the position on a permanent basis.
Director of National Intelligence's Principal Executive Andrew Hallman is expected to soon depart, as is the ODNI’s General Counsel Jason Klitenic, sources familiar with the matter confirm to ABC News.
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