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Tue Mar 10, 2020, 06:48 PM Mar 2020

Acting Spy Chief Declines to Meet with Congress

Acting Spy Chief Declines to Meet with Congress

March 10, 2020 at 1:22 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 89 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/03/10/acting-spy-chief-declines-to-meet-with-congress/

"SNIP.....

“Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell has declined to appear before Congress on Tuesday to speak about foreign election threats, citing apprehension about his preparedness to address sensitive subjects that tend to upset the president,” the Washington Post reports.

“The top intelligence community official asked President Trump to be excused from the briefings because he anticipated pointed questions from Democrats about politically volatile subjects — such as intelligence assessments that Russia is once more interfering in American politics, two of the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe private discussions.”

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Acting Spy Chief Declines to Meet with Congress (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2020 OP
UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!! Coventina Mar 2020 #1
+1 million JDC Mar 2020 #4
OMG!! He is afraid of Trump. damn riversedge Mar 2020 #2
We have GOT to get rid of these assholes. Squinch Mar 2020 #3
Onion?! NewYorker?! ... neither ?! ... damn, sigh uponit7771 Mar 2020 #5
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