President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday evening that former Texas congressman and Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe will return to the executive branch as director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
“From exposing fake Russian collusion to the Clinton campaign, to holding down civil liberties abuses by the FBI in FISA court, John Ratcliffe has always been a crusader for truth and honesty with the American public.
“When 51 intelligence officers were lying about Hunter Biden’s laptop, John Ratcliffe was one of them, telling the truth to the American people,” Trump, 78, said in a statement.
Ratcliffe, 59, represented suburban Dallas for more than five years before being appointed by Trump in May 2020 to oversee America’s intelligence agencies.
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