May 4, 2022

TRUMPISM IS PUTINISM:

DHS watchdog says Trump's agency appears to have altered report on Russian interference in 2020 election in part because of politics (Priscilla Alvarez and Zachary Cohen, May 3, 2022, CNN)

Former President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security delayed and altered an intelligence report related to Russian interference in the 2020 election, making changes that "appear to be based in part on political considerations," according to a newly released watchdog report.

The April 26 Homeland Security inspector general's assessment provides a damning look at the way DHS' Office of Intelligence and Analysis dealt with intelligence related to Russia's efforts to interfere in the US, stating the department had deviated from its standard procedures in modifying assessments related to Moscow's targeting of the 2020 presidential election.

The conclusion that Trump's appointee appeared to have tried to downplay Russian meddling in a key intelligence report is the latest example of how his aides managed his aversion to any information about how Russia might be helping his election prospects.

Posted by at May 4, 2022 8:40 AM

  

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