Thread by @ericgeller

Christy McCormick, who rejected the intelligence community's findings about Russian election interference, will chair the @EACgov for the next year, the agency announced today.

In January 2017, McCormick called the IC's Russian hacking report "deceptive propaganda perpetrated on the American public."

She cited the infamously disgraced and noncredible John McAfee to bolster her assertions.

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McCormick said it was "patently untrue" that Russian hackers had breached multiple election systems.

Narrator voice: It was extremely true. nbcnews.com/politics/elect… chicagotribune.com/news/local/pol…

In a remarkable attack on a fellow executive-branch official, McCormick described then-DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson as "delusional or naive" for citing UN agreements in his pitch to states about the critical infrastructure designation.

"This declassified report was not about the November elections," McCormick said at the time. "It was about politics."

McCormick has never retracted this extraordinary statement, and in fact, according to @JessicaHuseman's excellent reporting, she has continued telling local Republican officials that "Russian intervention should not be a subject of concern."

propublica.org/article/electi…

@JessicaHuseman Some more of Jessica's reporting about McCormick's conduct as an EAC commissioner.

The EAC chair rotates between commissioners of the two parties.

Tom Hicks, a Democrat, had been chairman for the past year.

The other Republican besides McCormick is Don Palmer, who was just confirmed to the commission.

McCormick previously served as chair in 2015-2016.