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.

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.

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.

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Unknown to the right wing orange crowd. the oath that so many of us and in our government take is to this great country of ours, not the individual who sits in the oval office at the moment and plots for the end of our nation as the founders saw it..

We owe the country our loyalty, not the orange criminal you helped slither into the oval office..

Russia is aiding trump and against Bernie because Bernie is an easy target in their eyes and would like trump to face the weakest opponent.

We do not need trump to have more bootlickers in his administration.. the country needs real Americans who respect the law and the oath to our nation not to the object sitting at the desk..

trump has made no attempt to stop Russian intervention in the 2020 election because he knows he will need that help to gain another round of destruction and self enrichment if he is the nominee of the once republican party..

You can not name one good accomplishment that trump can rightfully claim credit for.. he is on a path to enrich himself while the country becomes a 2nd rate fizzled world power of the past..

To quote Shakespeare “me thinks the lady doth protest too much” there are only two things that can explain your extreme homophobia. The first is that you are yourself homosexual and due to societal pressure in your neck of the woods have lived a closeted life and are jealous of those like you who live openly and true to themselves. The second possibility is that you were molested by a trusted uncle, father, grandfather minister or scout leader and rather than confronting it and them you hold personal shame in your victimization and attack others who remind you of the abuse because they are gay. In either case you should consider seeking counseling in the hopes of living the remainder of your life at peace with yourself.

The protesting "too much" comes from the corruption pouring out of the conflicted, sick, perverted and twisted minds of progressives. FOR EXAMPLE: You constantly rail on the president for his past sexual escapades, better known as sins. YET your philosophy, your agenda, your most celebrated accomplishments have all centered around the militant promotion of every imaginable sexual deviency, hedonism, Gender Dysphoria, destroying the public acceptance regarding the sanctity of marriage, promoting homosexuality as normal, natural and healthy, etc, etc, etc, etc. Sexual crime and infidelity have never been as pervasive as they are today. Divorce continue to increase, families destroyed, a nation crumbling, children in the womb killed most often to prevent accepting responsibilities. And what do these Progressive SOBs do? They criticize Mr. Trump's past behavior for the very behavior they strongly advocate.

The protesting "too much" comes from the corruption pouring out of the conflicted, sick, perverted and twisted minds of progressives. FOR EXAMPLE: You constantly rail on the president for his past sexual escapades, better known as sins. YET your philosophy, your agenda, your most celebrated accomplishments have all centered around the militant promotion of every imaginable sexual deviency, hedonism, Gender Dysphoria, destroying the public acceptance regarding the sanctity of marriage, promoting homosexuality as normal, natural and healthy, etc, etc, etc, etc. Sexual crime and infidelity have never been as pervasive as they are today. Divorce continue to increase, families destroyed, a nation crumbling, children in the womb killed most often to prevent accepting responsibilities. And what do these Progressive SOBs do? They criticize Mr. Trump's past behavior for the very behavior they strongly advocate.