US intelligence officials are reported to have warned members of Congress last week that Russia was trying to interfere in the 2020 election campaign in favour of Donald Trump, in a briefing that led to the abrupt removal of the acting director of national intelligence.

When Trump heard about the briefing, he railed at the acting DNI, Joseph Maguire, in the Oval Office, over what the president saw as disloyalty. Until then, Maguire had been a leading candidate to become permanent DNI and is understood to have told colleagues he expected to stay on in the position.

But in the wake of the briefing and Oval Office confrontation, Trump announced the appointment of a hardline loyalist, the US ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, in an acting capacity, which does not require Senate confirmation.

US intelligence officials are reported to have warned members of Congress last week that Russia was trying to interfere in the 2020 election campaign in favour of Donald Trump, in a briefing that led to the abrupt removal of the acting director of national intelligence.

When Trump heard about the briefing, he railed at the acting DNI, Joseph Maguire, in the Oval Office, over what the president saw as disloyalty. Until then, Maguire had been a leading candidate to become permanent DNI and is understood to have told colleagues he expected to stay on in the position.

But in the wake of the briefing and Oval Office confrontation, Trump announced the appointment of a hardline loyalist, the US ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, in an acting capacity, which does not require Senate confirmation.

US intelligence officials are reported to have warned members of Congress last week that Russia was trying to interfere in the 2020 election campaign in favour of Donald Trump, in a briefing that led to the abrupt removal of the acting director of national intelligence.

When Trump heard about the briefing, he railed at the acting DNI, Joseph Maguire, in the Oval Office, over what the president saw as disloyalty. Until then, Maguire had been a leading candidate to become permanent DNI and is understood to have told colleagues he expected to stay on in the position.

But in the wake of the briefing and Oval Office confrontation, Trump announced the appointment of a hardline loyalist, the US ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, in an acting capacity, which does not require Senate confirmation.

A thinking individual might conclude that the failure of the Progressive jokers to prove their fabricated lie that Mr.Trump was a Russian bot and how the disruption, political party warfare amongst the American people, worked so well for Putin & Co., that he wants to contribute to the confusion again with a couple of words and an innuendo. The stupid and highly emotional Progressives, picking up the Russian crumbs, go ballistic again. No one does Putins bidding any place in the world more than the Progressive Party USA. You are a pathetic mob of hucksters motivated by hatred to believe anything. Putin must be laughing in his vodka about how hard you' Progressives are working for him.

My recommendation to you Ms. Kevyn is to give it a couple days for your MSM to get the Russian hysteria evacuated out of their system and for Truth to percolate to the top and THEN give us your apology.

One more thing. Putin has enough political savvy to observe the Progressive losers you birds are touting to beat Mr. Trump in November and he already knows Mr. Trump will be reelected even if you don't. You Progressives are suffocating under the scat you created and spread.

One more, one more thing. As you already know, the "hardline loyalist" Grenell, says he will take the job only temporarily.

That's sure a lot of exclamation points. I don't think this is about Trump colluding with Russia because I think clearly the problem is that those who claim to be the most Nationalistic and patriotic place political power above the security of the country they claim to love. You have made the message very clear that, so long as the Russians are trying to intervene on YOUR behalf they don't care what they do. That would mean the entire Republican party has crawled into bed with the Putin not simply one orange-skinned slimy worm called Donald J Trump.

So I don't know if I would call you stupid but I would call you spineless because instead of having the spine to stand up for what is right in this country you are saying the only thing that matters is holding unto political power--no matter the cost!

That's sure a lot of exclamation points. I don't think this is about Trump colluding with Russia because I think clearly the problem is that those who claim to be the most Nationalistic and patriotic place political power above the security of the country they claim to love. You have made the message very clear that, so long as the Russians are trying to intervene on YOUR behalf they don't care what they do. That would mean the entire Republican party has crawled into bed with the Putin not simply one orange-skinned slimy worm called Donald J Trump.

So I don't know if I would call you stupid but I would call you spineless because instead of having the spine to stand up for what is right in this country you are saying the only thing that matters is holding unto political power--no matter the cost!

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/20/politics/trump-russia-intelligence-2020/index.html

Russia is looking to help Trump win in 2020, election security official told lawmakers
By Jim Acosta, Zachary Cohen, Dana Bash and Jeremy Herb, CNN

Updated 8:30 AM ET, Fri February 21, 2020

The intelligence community's top election security official delivered a briefing to lawmakers last week warning them that the intelligence community believes Russia is already taking steps to interfere in the 2020 election with the goal of helping President Donald Trump win, three sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.

The briefers said Russia does favor Trump, but that helping Trump wasn't the only thing they were trying to do as it was also designed to raise questions about the integrity of the elections process, the source added.
Trump became irate in a meeting with outgoing acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire last week for allowing the information about Russia's meddling efforts to be included in the briefing, a White House official said.

"What the (intelligence community) sees as reporting the truth -- simple statement of facts in evidence without judgment -- the President sees as undermining his legitimacy," the former official told CNN.
On Wednesday, Trump announced he was naming Richard Grenell, a staunch loyalist and current US ambassador to Germany, as acting DNI despite him not having experience in intelligence. A source familiar with internal discussions said White House officials saw Grenell as a good stopgap solution for the acting DNI vacancy as time was running out on Maguire's time in the position and because of Trump's dissatisfaction with Maguire due to the intelligence briefing.
Trump confirmed in a tweet Thursday night he plans to nominate a permanent DNI soon, and floated Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee and a top congressional ally, for the position when speaking to reporters on Air Force One.