John Ratcliffe, President Trump's pick for Director of National Intelligence, withdraws after he was accused of embellishing resume
John Fritze, David Jackson and Michael CollinsWASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Friday that Rep. John Ratcliffe is withdrawing his bid to become Director of National Intelligence, days after the president floated his name.
Trump announced on Sunday that Dan Coats, a former Indiana senator who has held the job since early 2017, would step down this month. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said it would be a"big mistake" for his GOP colleagues to"elevate” Ratcliffe “to a position that requires intelligence expertise and non-partisanship."
"This is as close as Trump will ever get to acknowledging that the individual he nominated is so woefully under-qualified for DNI," said Ned Price, a national security spokesman for the Barack Obama administration.Who is John Ratcliffe?He was "so extraordinarily hyper-partisan, and so brazenly deceitful in his resume, that he would've met a freight train even in a rubber stamp Senate," Price said.
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