HOYER indicates that the White House briefing was not led by intel personnel.
He said officials described "different judgments as to the level of credibility." None agreed with Trump assessment of a "hoax" he said.
He said officials described "different judgments as to the level of credibility." None agreed with Trump assessment of a "hoax" he said.
SCHIFF: "The right people to give the briefing really were not in the room."
He says intel agency heads should be there.
He says intel agency heads should be there.
Schiff says House Intel Committee is asking for an in-person briefing form intel officials as well as underlying documents. On Putin:
"Many of us do not understand [Trump's] affinity for that autocratic ruler who wishes our nation ill."
"Many of us do not understand [Trump's] affinity for that autocratic ruler who wishes our nation ill."
Dems' primary message coming out of the White House briefing: Why isn't Trump assuring America he'll get to the bottom of the Russian bounty intelligence rather than claiming ignorance?
HOYER: "We did not receive any new substantive information."
Dems say they got the White House's view on things but not the substantive information.
Dems say they got the White House's view on things but not the substantive information.
UPDATE: Here's the list of briefers in today's WH meeting with Democrats on Russian bounties:
CoS Mark Meadows
DNI John Ratcliffe
NSA Robert O’Brien
Michael Ellis, NSA aide
John Eisenberg, NSC counsel
Thomas Williams, NSC, Russian Affairs director
politico.com/news/2020/06/3…
CoS Mark Meadows
DNI John Ratcliffe
NSA Robert O’Brien
Michael Ellis, NSA aide
John Eisenberg, NSC counsel
Thomas Williams, NSC, Russian Affairs director
politico.com/news/2020/06/3…
BREAKING reporting from the Times indicates that financial data showing transfers from an account linked to the GRU to the Taliban bolstered the intelligence related to the clandestine bounty program.
Interrogations IDed officials involved in it, too.
nytimes.com/2020/06/30/us/…
Interrogations IDed officials involved in it, too.
nytimes.com/2020/06/30/us/…
The Times reporting suggests several men suspected of being middlemen between the GRU and Afghanistan were arrested in recent raids — these are the raids that Trump mocked when he retweeted Geraldo calling it a "wad of cash" in an "Afghan hut"
nytimes.com/2020/06/30/us/…
nytimes.com/2020/06/30/us/…
Notable timing: Trump nominated Rep. Ratcliffe (for the second time) to be DNI the day after he reportedly received the PDB that included evidence of Russian bounties.
