Trump's Pick for Top Intelligence Post Overstated Parts of His Biography
Trump’s Pick for Top Intelligence Post Overstated Parts of His Biography
Aides revised old claims about Representative John Ratcliffe’s role in prosecuting a prominent terrorism case.
By Julian E. Barnes and Nicholas Fandos at the NY Times
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/us/politics/john-ratcliffe-resume-intelligence.amp.html
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WASHINGTON — Aides to the congressman chosen by President Trump to lead the nation’s intelligence agencies were forced on Tuesday to clarify his claims that he had won terrorism convictions as a federal prosecutor, as his background came under new scrutiny.
Mr. Trump’s pick, Representative John Ratcliffe, Republican of Texas, had said on his House website and in campaign material that he had tried suspects accused of funneling money to the Hamas terrorist group. But instead, an aide said, Mr. Ratcliffe had investigated side issues related to an initial mistrial, and did not prosecute the case either in that proceeding or in a successful second trial.
The questions about Mr. Ratcliffe’s résumé came amid broader concerns from Democrats and even some Republicans about the depth of his experience and his partisan outspokenness.
Rachel Stephens, a spokeswoman for Mr. Ratcliffe’s congressional office, confirmed that the Justice Department appointed him “to investigate issues related to the outcome” of the Hamas case.
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