Snapshot on Grenell and Patel and why no “Acting” Director of National Intelligence should ever be put into place for just 4 months to datamine U.S. intel without Senate confirmation 🧵
https://twitter.com/timinhonolulu/status/1746746699316699197
On February 13, 2020, Shelby Pierson—the intelligence community's top election security official, deputy to Joseph Maguire—advised members of the House Intel Committee that Russia was interfering in the 2020 election in an effort to get Trump re-elected.
Trump chastised Maguire for allowing the briefing, concerned that Democrats might "weaponize" the information against him. On Feb. 20, 2020, Trump replaced Maguire as Acting Director of National Intelligence, appointing Grenell to the role.
Maguire & his deputy, Andrew Hallman, resigned from the Ofc of the Director for National Intelligence (ODNI). Kash Patel, a National Security Council official & former aide to congressman Devin Nunes — was named the NEXT day as a senior advisor to Grenell. politico.com/news/2020/02/2…
As a temp incumbent, Grenell was not subject to Senate confirmation. reuters.com/article/idUSKC…
During his “brief” assignment, Grenell enacted a hiring freeze at ODNI and ordered a review of the agency's personnel and mission. nytimes.com/2020/03/12/us/…
On May 8, he announced a reorg of ODNI including a consolidated cyber office + on May 15, he announced org changes to the National Counterterrorism Center.
And, Acting U.S. spy chief overhauls agency in defiance of cong concerns thehill.com/policy/cyberse…
reuters.com/article/idUSKB…
And, Acting U.S. spy chief overhauls agency in defiance of cong concerns thehill.com/policy/cyberse…
reuters.com/article/idUSKB…
🚨 Also on May 15, Grenell announced that ODNI would lead election security threat briefings for 2020 presidential candidates, replacing the FBI. 🚨 and axios.com/2020/05/15/ele…
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On April 29, 2020, he ordered each intelligence agency to review their policies on handling and sharing information on U.S. citizens. cbsnews.com/news/national-…
On April 2 and 15, 2020, Grenell acted to declassify several footnotes in a report on FISA abuse released by DOJ Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/…
He also played a role in the release of 57 transcripts of Russia probe interviews by the House Intelligence Committee. cbsnews.com/news/house-int…
On May 12, 2020, Grenell declassified the names of Obama administration officials who unmasked Michael Flynn and nytimes.com/2020/05/12/us/…
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Note: A subsequent Justice Department investigation of Obama administration unmasking concluded in October 2020 with no findings of substantive wrongdoing. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
On May 19, 2020, Grenell declassified an email that Obama's national security advisor Susan Rice sent to herself. thehill.com/homenews/admin…
🚨 On the day his tenure ended, Grenell selectively declassified several documents related to the Russia probe. 🚨 foxnews.com/politics/grene…
In August 2020, the American Center for Law and Justice announced that Grenell had been named Special Advisor for National Security and Foreign Policy.
And,
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And,
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The Washington Post reported that ACLJ has paid Donald Trump's personal attorney Jay Sekulow and his family millions of dollars.
And washingtonpost.com/investigations…
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And washingtonpost.com/investigations…
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Note: On the day Grenell’s tenure began as *acting* Director of National Intelligence, it was reported that Grenell had not disclosed payments for advocacy work on behalf of Moldovan politician Vladimir Plahotniuc. propublica.org/article/trumps…
Note: a WH press release stated that Grenell had "years of experience working with our Intelligence Community in a # of additional positions"; however, this assertion was disputed by others who asserted Grenell had little background in intel matters. npr.org/2020/02/20/807…
In June 2020, Richard Grenell was made a senior fellow at the Carnegie Mellon University's Institute for Politics and Strategy in the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Grenell's appointment was controversial at the university. post-gazette.com/news/education…
On April 13, 2023, Grenell, Former Trump intel official testified in the Trump Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe.
cnn.com/2023/04/13/pol…
cnn.com/2023/04/13/pol…
On Nov. 6, 2023, Stephen Miller’s altright-wing dark money litigation center American First Legal & Grenell, Sue Biden Administration Over what they both “allege” is an Illegal DHS Advisory Comte claiming it is “Filled with Partisan, Deep State Officials.”.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Amer…
✔️So, who does Grenell really work for now?
✔️Why was he assigned to datamine intel as an “acting director” of national intel of only 4 months at the height of the Russian probe when he had ZERO intel experience?
✔️Aided by Kash Patel, what top secret info were both privy to?
✔️Why was he assigned to datamine intel as an “acting director” of national intel of only 4 months at the height of the Russian probe when he had ZERO intel experience?
✔️Aided by Kash Patel, what top secret info were both privy to?
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