Senate Confirms Trump’s Intel Chief John Ratcliffe on Party-Line Vote
In a party-line vote, the Senate confirmed Congressman John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to the director of national intelligence role. Thursday’s 49-44 vote was the closest that has ever been held on the position. President…
In a party-line vote, the Senate confirmed Congressman John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to the director of national intelligence role.
Thursday’s 49-44 vote was the closest that has ever been held on the position.
President Donald Trump nominated Ratcliffe last year but the congressman withdrew his nomination and the president nominated him again last February.
At the time, Trump wrote “I am pleased to announce the nomination of @RepRatcliffe (Congressman John Ratcliffe) to be Director of National Intelligence (DNI). Would have completed process earlier, but John wanted to wait until after IG Report was finished. John is an outstanding man of great talent!”
Ratcliffe’s first nomination crumbled after reports that he exaggerated his resume, claiming that he tried a case that involved suspects pumping money into the terrorist group Hamas.
After those reports, Trump defended Ratcliffe on Twitter, saying, “Our great Republican Congressman John Ratcliffe is being treated very unfairly by the LameStream Media. Rather than going through months of slander and libel, I explained to John how miserable it would be for him and his family to deal with these people.”