The House Intelligence Committee released the whistleblower’s report, which was filed by a former top Trump administration official.
Top Trump appointees at the Department of Homeland Security repeatedly sought to censor or stop reports on Russian influence activities in the United States, according to a lengthy whistleblower report released by the House Intelligence Committee.
The report, filed by former senior DHS official Brian Murphy, describes a series of abuses and law violations by current and former leaders, including former secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, current acting Secretary Chad Wolf and an acting deputy, Ken Cuccinelli.
Murphy, who served as the Office of Intelligence and Analysis’ undersecretary, filed the 24-page complaint on September 8, alleging that he was instructed to halt the assessments because they were making “the president look bad.”
Among the concerns raised in the complaint: Cuccinelli ordered Murphy to downplay intelligence about white supremacy to make the threat appear “less severe” and play up evidence of “left-wing” violence.
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Top Trump appointees at the Department of Homeland Security repeatedly sought to censor or stop reports on Russian influence activities in the United States, according to a whistleblower report released by the House Intel Committee https://t.co/oA8cS1v7g5
— POLITICO (@politico) September 9, 2020Scoop: A whistleblower is alleging top political appointees at DHS repeatedly instructed career officials to modify intel assessments to ensure they matched up w/ public comments from Trump about Antifa & "anarchist" groups, per documents obtained by CNN.https://t.co/cvIrIEBbqq
— Zachary Cohen (@ZcohenCNN) September 9, 2020
Also note here: DHS is not in the National Security Adviser's chain of command. But this is what happens when an insecure Acting secretary gets a call from the White House. https://t.co/0C8fMaWMHz
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 9, 2020
I'm not sure I agree here. People were dying from the President's lies. At some point, Woodward should have said: "Wait a minute. That's not what he told me." https://t.co/IDwP2sAd4R
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 9, 2020
The bottom line for Woodward was that he was writing a book. Spilling the beans beforehand would not have served his interests. Could lives have been saved? Maybe. But considering how little effect these bombshells about Trump seem to have maybe not. It might have just been another little ripple on the pond.
DHS should never have been created in the first place. DNI was intended to be an experienced #natsec careerist, not a political hack's job.
If this is how it's gonna go, disband both, go back to the 9/11 system. Less politically risky for the Republic.https://t.co/7zuKQ5JyVq
— John Schindler (@20committee) September 9, 2020
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