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John Ratcliffe: “Members of the intelligence community have been asking…”

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John Ratcliffe Fires Back At Democrats Grilling Him About Signal Scandal

Published | Video Starts at 00:16

I'm going to give the Director the ability to respond without being interrupted by his questioner. I appreciate that, Congressman. I guess, you know, just a general reflection here again that for the last two days, Members of the intelligence community have been asking questions about a signal messaging group and not asking questions from Democrats either in the Senate or the House on China, Russia, Iran, and the real threats that are going on to the United States. And you can say that you care about the good work that agencies are doing like the CIA, and that you care about 140 stars on the wall, but no … (00:16–00:39)

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Asserts that intelligence community members focus on less critical issues rather than major threats like China, Russia, and Iran.

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