A new report by Reuters revealed on Thursday that the Trump administration is now pushing to declassify a document that disputes he 2017 intelligence report finding that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump get elected.
But according to sources who spoke to Reuters, the effort is facing strong objections inside the intelligence community.
“U.S. President Donald Trump and his intelligence chief have pushed for quick declassification of a document disputing the 2017 intelligence community finding that Russia acted to help Trump get elected in 2016,” Reuters reported, citing “three U.S. government officials familiar with the matter.”
A letter from DNI Ratcliffe to the ICIG and reviewed by Reuters confirmed that Ratcliffe is seeking to declassify the document at the request of Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee. By @Bing_Chris, Mark Hosenball and myself.
— Jonathan Landay (@JonathanLanday) October 22, 2020
Ratcliffe and others had been pushing to have the intelligence declassified by Thursday night, one of the officials said. If successful, that would allow its release around the time that Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden square off in their final debate.
— Jonathan Landay (@JonathanLanday) October 22, 2020
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