NEW: President Trump says he will nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe, a former federal prosecutor, as the next director of national intelligence. The role is a critical one at the top of the intelligence community.
Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, is President Trump's pick to be the next Director of National Intelligence.Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, is President Trump's pick to be the next Director of National Intelligence.Rep. John Ratcliffe, a former federal prosecutor and a vocal Republican defender of President Trump throughout last year's impeachment proceedings, will be nominated to be the next director of national intelligence, Trump announced Friday.
The director role is a critical one at the top of the intelligence community, which encompasses more than a dozen separate agencies and organizations including the CIA and the FBI.I am pleased to announce the nomination of to be Director of National Intelligence . Would have completed process earlier, but John wanted to wait until after IG Report was finished. John is an outstanding man of great talent!
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Trump says he will nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe to be director of national intelligencePresident Donald Trump said on Friday that he intends to nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe, a Republican from Texas, as his permanent director of national intelligence, the second time the President has attempted to make the loyalist lawmaker his spy chief.
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