John Ratcliffe: “51 former intelligence officials used the imprimatur of IC…”

“I wasn't outsizing the threat from China in 2020 when a chairman of an intelligence committee misrepresented that a laptop owned by then candidate Biden's son was somehow a Russian intelligence operation. And 51 former intelligence officials used the imprimatur of IC authority to go along with that. I stood in the breach. I stood alone and told the American people the truth about that. So I think my record in terms of speaking truth to power and defending the intelligence community and its good work is very clear.” (02:07–02:14)

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