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Re: Dan Coats Expected to Step Down as Intelligence Chief

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Trump selects his biggest sycophant for the most important job to protect OUR COUNTRY!

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One of Ratcliffe’s biggest contributions to the Republican pushback on the investigation came in January 2018, when he claimed he had seen text messages between Page and Strzok that suggested the existence of a “secret society” working against Trump. But Ratcliffe’s claims, which were subsequently amplified by pro-Trump media outlets, fell apart when the fuller text exchanges became public.

Ratcliffe’s congressional office didn’t respond to a request for comment.

Ratcliffe was also accused Tuesday of embellishing his record in an anti-terrorism case. ABC News reports that he has repeatedly misrepresented his role in the high-profile case, claiming he had been appointed as a “special prosecutor” in 2008 to help secure convictions for funneling money to Hamas, which is a designated terrorist organization.

The congressman, who did serve as a terrorism prosecutor and U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Texas, has used the Holy Land Foundation conviction to boost his anti-terror credentials, but court records and lawyers involved in the case suggest he had no direct role in the prosecution.

A spokesperson for Ratcliffe told ABC News that his involvement in the case was actually in conducting an investigation outside of the court proceedings, but said she could provide no further details “because the investigation did not result in any charges.”

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Dan Coats Expected to Step Down as Intelligence Chief
By: clo in ALEA
Sun, 28 Jul 19 10:32 PM 		Msg. 31069 of 54959

Dan Coats thank you for your service!
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Dan Coats Expected to Step Down as Intelligence Chief

By Maggie Haberman, Julian E. Barnes and Peter Baker
July 28, 2019

WASHINGTON — Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, is expected to step down in the coming days after spending his tenure at odds with President Trump over issues including Russia and Mr. Trump’s own attacks on the intelligence community, people familiar with the decision said on Sunday.

To replace him, the people said, the president was likely to tap Representative John Ratcliffe, a Texas Republican and staunch defender of Mr. Trump. As a member of the House Judiciary Committee, he sharply questioned Robert S. Mueller III, the former special counsel, at last week’s hearing. Still, it was not certain who the replacement would be, as Mr. Trump increasingly has a cabinet filled with “acting” appointees.

Mr. Coats has long been expected to depart of his own accord, an administration official said, but he ended up staying on longer so it would not seem as if he was forced out during a time of controversy with Mr. Trump. His precise departure date remained unclear on Sunday.

Mr. Trump’s frustration with Mr. Coats was reignited in recent months, during spring weekends spent at his private club in Palm Beach, Fla., according to people who spoke with him at the time.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/us/politics/dan-coats-intelligence-chief-out.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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