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Nikema Williams: “He ignored his intelligence community. His own pick for the…”

Featuring: Nikema Williams, Democratic | U.S. House Georgia, 5th Congressional District

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Congresswoman Nikema Williams Discusses Trump's Unilateral Military Actions and Congressional Authority

Published | Video Starts at 04:06

That's why the Gang of Eight, this other situation was set up so that he could at least notify other people outside of his party. And it wasn't just the Donald Trump decision, but He ignored his intelligence community. His own pick for the Department of Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, gave him different information. He ignored it and was like, well, I don't believe you. Well, he chose the lady and he sent her over there to gather intelligence, but then didn't want to believe her when she told him what was going on. (04:06–04:14)

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Asserts that Trump ignored intelligence from his own appointee, Tulsi Gabbard.

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