Twinky Defense... right???
Posted on 02/23/2020 3:05:20 PM PST by jazusamo
The top election security official for the intelligence community, Shelby Pierson, reportedly misled members of the House Intelligence Committee during a briefing on Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2020 election, with the goal of helping President Donald Trump, according to three national security officials familiar with the matter as well as National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien.
Pierson reportedly told lawmakers that Russia was interfering in the 2020 election with the aim of helping President Trump win re-election, despite no evidence suggesting that was Russia's intention. Concerns over the lack of evidence backing Pierson's claim were raised in response to a New York Times' report about the intelligence briefing, making vague assertions that Russia's efforts were intended to help the president's bid for re-election. Members of the intelligence community are now saying there is no evidence to back up Pierson's claim.
(Via CNN)
Pierson's characterization of Russian interference led to pointed questions from lawmakers, which officials said caused Pierson to overstep and assert that Russia has a preference for Trump to be reelected.
One intelligence official said that Pierson's characterization of the intelligence was "misleading" and a national security official said Pierson failed to provide the "nuance" needed to accurately convey the US intelligence conclusions.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, where Pierson is a senior official, did not respond to CNN's request for comment.
Trump has been periodically briefed on Russian interference in the 2020 election, but was upset when he learned of Pierson's characterization of the intelligence in part because intelligence officials had not characterized the interference as explicitly pro-Trump. One national security official said Russia's only clear aim, as of now, is to sow discord in the United States.
On Sunday, President Trump accused House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff of leaking the misleading assessment by Shelby Person to the news media. National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien appeared on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, saying that he has seen no evidence to suggest Russia was attempting to interfere in the U.S. election in order to help the president.
"I've seen the reports from that briefing at the intel committee ...” O'Brien said on Sunday, "who knows what happened over at the House and the Intelligence Committee, but I haven't seen any evidence that Russia's doing anything to attempt to get President Trump re-elected."
If Trump wins re-election, it looks like Democrats don't plan on accepting those results either.
Does any worry about what these constant false allegations against Russia from the left for political purposes do to harm US-Russia relations?
Wasn’t LG going to demand peach mint witnesses?
Trump armed Ukraine, stopped Russia’s euro-pipeline, took Syria’s oil away from them, and loaded sanctions upon sanctions.
Sure, Putin wants four more years of that.
National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien appeared on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, saying that he has seen no evidence to suggest Russia was attempting to interfere in the U.S. election in order to help the president.
"I've seen the reports from that briefing at the intel committee ...” O'Brien said on Sunday, "who knows what happened over at Schiff's House Intelligence Committee, but I haven't seen any evidence that Russia's doing anything to attempt to get President Trump re-elected."
Dates are critical as Graham was very much against Trump at first. He is slowly coming around
They don need no stinkin’ ebidence, they got the whoredom o’ media.
Conservative imperfect memory = LIED
Liberal intentional misinformation = misled
At some point soon, the words “Intelligence Official” should automatically trigger the word “LIAR” in people’s minds.
Also, that was concerning the Trial against Trump. NOT what he has been saying we need separate investigations
With any luck at all they will nuke DC someday. Hopefully some damned continuity of government plan will fail and we can finally be rid of the DC albatross.
The coup attempt continues.
Shelby must be relieved of duties by weeks end
Ignorant assertion: People who don’t want to fight are never going to fight.
Just a mistake. It could happen to anyone.
Shelby Pierson should be charged with lying to Congress. Try him like Stone was tried.Its perjury.
COME ON, REPUBLICAN SENATORS.........GROW SOME NUTS!!!
But very penetrating question. Nobody gives that the slightest thought. Half the government wants Russia as an enemy for the defense contractors. The other half wants them as an enemy because they fight faggotry and rebuild churches. Both sides hate them because they aren’t interested in globalism.
We are convincing them there is no path to friendly relations. So they will align with China in energy and trade.
Pierson does not have constitutional protection from lying to Congress like the Members of Congress do. She should be indicted.
Below is from wikipedia ... I see that Trump took decisive action against Pierson’s supervisor although I don’t think Pierson has been fired.
“Pierson told the House Intelligence Committee on February 13, 2020, that Russia is working to help get Donald Trump re-elected. It was later clarified this information was incorrect, and while that Russia was working to interfere with the election, there was no evidence the interference was aimed at supporting Trump.
The day afterward, Trump berated her supervisor, acting director of national intelligence Joseph Maguire, for allowing the briefing. Trump worried that Democrats might “weaponize” the information against him.
On February 19, 2020, Trump replaced Maguire with Richard Grenell, considered a Trump loyalist, as acting director of national intelligence, effective immediately.”
Twinky Defense... right???
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