DHS secretary says she's unaware Russia wanted Trump to win [View all]
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Source: AP
By JILL COLVIN and COLLEEN LONG 8 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Tuesday she was unaware of intelligence assessments concluding that Russia favored Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.
The U.S. intelligence community said in a January 2017 assessment that Russia had tried to influence the election to benefit Trump.
“I do not believe I’ve seen that conclusion that the specific intent was to help President Trump win. I’m not aware of that,” Nielsen told reporters after briefing members of the House on election security efforts.
Homeland Security is the agency that oversees election security.
The Senate intelligence committee said last week that it agrees with the intelligence agencies’ assessment. That was at odds with Republican members of the House intelligence committee, who said that while Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to hamper Clinton’s campaign, that didn’t mean he wanted to help Trump.................
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OMG--She is dense or just watches too much Fox news???
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Hayden Snead
@HaydenSnead
8m8 minutes ago
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Good to know that the homeland security secretary is unaware of a foreign power meddling in our homeland elections.
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ImplausibleEndeavors
@MindOfMo
13m13 minutes ago
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DHS Sec'y #KirstjenNielsen, CongressionalTestimony, Jan 2018:
"I was not aware than Norway is mainly white."
#CasualLying
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I Hereby Demand SAINT TÖAD, KSC
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@sainttoad
7m7 minutes ago
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She sounds bad at her job, what idiot hired this uninformed know nothing?[/b
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jeremy rosenberg
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@JeremyR1992
9m9 minutes ago
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She’s been too busy separating children from their parents at the border, I suppose.
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