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.
I'm guessing that she is either a political appointee or a Senior Executive Service (SES) executive. In either case, Grennel can send her packing. However, if she is a Civil Service employee, she will be in the job until my grandchilren join me at the Shady Rest Cemetery.
Schiff needs to be committed. We don’t need Shillue’s parodies of him that bad.
Just a snafu.
“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.”
O’Brien was not clear at all.
Why did he not find out immediately, precisely, what was said at that briefing at the Intelligence Committee before he was interviewed? It would have only taken a phone call.
Oops hell, they are damned liars.
I really cant keep up. Earlier, I thought the story was Russia was helping Sanders get elected and no one told Trump about the briefing.
Yes, it was sanders
Why is it so easy for an FDR or LBJ, or a Bill Clinton or B.O. to fire anyone and everyone, and hire any anti-God, anti-American they want, but Republican Presidents have to go through years of internal battle to get rid of the previous lefty presidents “infils”?
When Bush and Trump were elected, suddenly there were all these rules and threats, and lawsuits, and congressional hearings, and Congressiinal obfuscations!
It’s rediculous!
Federal employees should not be lifers, who cannot be fired, and should be treated as anyone else in this country.
Even Servicembers can, and do, get thrown out for a lot less than these no moral boundaries, anti-American, seditious, imbeciles!
National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien: “White House Was Never Provided any Intelligence Briefing on Russia Election Effort”
QUOTING TOM FITTON, JUDICIAL WATCH PRESIDENT:
Obama’s State Dept was all hands on deck in terms of targeting Trump.
<><> meetings with Glen Simpson, Steele, Clinton aides, Sid Blumenthal and Clinton associate, Cody Shearer.
<><> Shocker-—there was more than one dossier going to the FBI and DOJ.....
<><> there was Christopher Steele’s dossier,
<><> and a second dossier created by the State Dept itself, targeting Trump.
<><> shows Jonathan Winer and Glen Simpson were in contact Sept 2016
<><> Winer immediately contacted Victoria Nuland, a top aide at the Obama State Dept.
<><> Post-election, they worked hand in glove with top Dem Steny Hoyer’s guy on Russian issues.
Obama’s FBI Was Giving Different Intelligence Briefings to Candidate Trump than to Candidate Clinton
GATEWAY PUNDIT | 6/23/2019 | Jim Hoft / FR Posted by bitt
The Democrats and liberal media insist that Russia wanted Trump to win over Crooked Hillary. The entire premise is ridiculous. The Russians had enough dirt on Hillary to fill the White House. The TRUTH is that the entire DC establishment including the Obama White House, the liberal media and the Obama Deep State wanted Hillary Clinton to win… and they worked tirelessly and illegitimately to make it happen. And still failed. On Sunday former prosecutory and Rep. Trey Gowdy joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures. (video) (Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
AND THIS Dems Colluded with foreign countries to generate propaganda to affect a Presidential Election.
They forced a bogus investigation, and in typical Dem fashion, they accused Trump of doing what they did......
.......there are dozens of memos that make up an actual diary of moment-by-moment events, during the FBI
investigation of Donald Trump (as candidate and as president), documented by Obama’s FBI Director Comey......
SOURCE: CONSERVATIVE TREEHOUSE | 4/9/2019 | SUNDANCE / FR Posted by bitt
A late day submission to DC Circuit Court in a FOIA case reveals the content of previously
unknown James Comey memos. Obama’s entire anti-Trump operation is memorialized in writing:
<><> how Obama’s FBI Director James Comey wrote down the sources and code-names assigned;
<><> how confidential sources engaged with FISA coverage initiated by Obama’s FBI;
<><> naming foreign governments assisting Obama and Hillary with their vile efforts;
<><> and the rollout plans for Obama’s phony investigation.....”by the book.”
During her ill-fated campaign Hillary bragged about “foreign governments” supporting her election.
Are these the same “foreign governments” Comey had assisting their efforts to frame Trump? (smirk)
That would mean Obama, Comey and Hillary were colluding with
foreign governments to meddle in our elections, wouldnt it?
Fat deep state traitor to America
...and a bureaucratic one at that...
.
This is the bottom line - they do it because there’s no penalty.
No price - and in most cases - they get cash and a Fan Club.
No Penalty = expect Lots more.
And where are those post Impeachment Hearings on Biden and the Activist Whistleblower?
Yeah, that’s what I thought.
.
No reason for it. We could be allies again.
Bring back flogging. It’s not cruel and unusual when done to a convicted Deep State operative.
A very strong rope and a sequoia might be needed...after a fair trial and conviction , of course .
Yep. Shelby is a liar, stupid or merely incompetent. I’m going with LIAR.
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