The White House reportedly quashed part of an intelligence report that showed Russia is helping...

[Nevilledog]

The White House reportedly quashed part of an intelligence report that showed Russia is helping the Trump campaign

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-russia-report-2020-election-dni-coats-2020-8

Last year, President Donald Trump's administration tried to pressure intelligence agencies to delete part of a classified report that found Russia was trying to help him win the 2020 election, according to an investigation by The New York Times Magazine.

The report, known as a National Intelligence Estimate, was compiled by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in July 2019 and made several "key judgments" about matters of national security. "Key Judgement 2" in the report concluded that Russia aimed to interfere in the 2020 election to help Trump, unnamed national security sources told Times reporter Robert Draper.

Trump was reportedly unhappy with that finding. He has repeatedly denied the assertion that Russia tried to help his campaign in 2016 despite reports from the FBI, CIA, NSA, Justice Department, and Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee that supported that conclusion. Russian President Vladimir Putin has similarly denied interfering in the 2016 election, but has also said he wanted Trump to win.

When the ODNI was finalizing last year's report, Trump administration staffers requested that it remove language in "Key Judgement 2" that detailed Russia's attempts to help Trump in 2020, former director of national intelligence Dan Coats told the Times.

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[Cha]

1. Of course they did.. isn't that what cornered rabid

rats do?

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Nothing has changed since he was impeached. Republicans are OK with Trump retaining power.

The next 4 years will be spent creating a 1 Party state with Trump as Prez-for-Life. Lucky us.

[C Moon]

3. Agreed. There's a lot of money and power behind him "winning" this November.

We've seen it before: money always wins.
God help us.

[BigmanPigman]

7. Yes, it has...

team tRump and the GOP are even more empowered and fearless. They will forge ahead without any reservations now. It has changed for the worse. 2020 sucks more than 2016 did.

[SergeStorms]

4. Just what have Putin and Trump been discussing...

during all of those phone calls lately? Trade talks? Unlikely, since just about all each country produces are weapons. Vacation plans? There's only about 10 countries that will allow Americans to visit, and Russia isn't on that list. Trump says he never discussed the Russian "bounty" on U.S. Troops, so what could they possibly be discussing? Gee, I wonder?

[mr_lebowski]

5. Remember how 'Pukes used to front like it was SUPER IMPORTANT that nobody 'played politics'

When it came to National Security?

'Politics End At The Shore', and all that rot?

That was all REAL important to them.

But now that they're entirely subsumed into Cult 45, as long as Dear Leader is being helped in his political ambitions by our enemies, it's really no problem if he ignores National Security. Or that he fires the DNI because he refuses to kowtow properly when it comes to altering critical intelligence assessments that inconvenience him politically.

Though I suppose they could've decided that protecting OUR DEMOCRACY ITSELF is not actually under the umbrella of 'National Security' anymore ... which is even more traitorous.

[safeinOhio]

6. Cover-up or snow job, take your pick....

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[muriel_volestrangler]

8. And Dan Coats in on the record about this - it effectively led to his sacking

when he said "no, it stays in". Surprised it hasn't been bigger news.