A whistleblower has alleged that President Trump’s acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary ordered him to hold back intelligence on Russian election interference because it “made the President look bad.”
In a newly released complaint, a whistleblower alleges that President Trump’s acting Department of Homeland Security secretary ordered him to hold back intelligence on Russian election interference because it “made the President look bad.” The complaint also alleges that in anticipation of the presidential election, DHS officials sought to downplay the dangers of white supremacy amid ongoing nationwide protests over racial inequality.
Story continuesIn a letter to Murphy’s attorney Mark Zaid, Schiff requested that Murphy testify before the committee about the administration’s efforts to obstruct intelligence reporting on election interference, its distortion of the threats posed by white supremacists and the leftist antifa network, as well as possible false statements made to Congress by administration officials.
One intelligence official who requested anonymity expressed some skepticism toward Murphy’s claims, insisting that both Russian interference and terrorist threats remain “a priority,” including at high-level meetings. “Any changes to products or priorities would have been published and pushed out,” the official said, noting that the FBI and the DHS have published a large number of reports on the threat of white supremacy in recent months and years.
Presidential Policy Directive 19, signed by then-President Barack Obama, was designed to provide protections for intelligence community employees who have access to classified information and report allegations of wrongdoing, fraud, waste or abuse — and who suffer retaliation for making those disclosures.
“These allegations in this whistleblower complaint, if true, demonstrate the gravest fear of any intelligence professional — having to decide between your career and your adherence to the values of impartiality, honesty, and fealty to the Constitution,” wrote Larry Pfeiffer, director of the Hayden Center at George Mason University and 30-year veteran of the intelligence community, in an email to Yahoo News. “Mr.
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