John Ratcliffe provides 1,000 pages of materials in response to John Durham documents request
by Jerry Dunleavy, Justice Department Reporter |
| October 07, 2020 05:07 PM
| Updated Oct 07, 2020, 06:20 PM
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe revealed that he has handed over nearly 1,000 pages of documents to assist in the Justice Department’s inquiry into the Trump-Russia investigators being led by U.S. Attorney John Durham.
“At my direction, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has now provided almost 1,000 pages of materials to the Department of Justice in response to Mr. Durham’s document requests,†Ratcliffe said in a statement on Wednesday. “I will continue to ensure the Intelligence Community’s responsiveness to the DOJ’s requests. We also look forward to supporting the DOJ in further declassifications consistent with their investigation. As the President has made clear, we must be appropriately transparent with the American people and give them the confidence that the extraordinary work of Intelligence professionals is never misused or politicized.â€
Ratcliffe, who has served as Trump's spy chief overseeing the nation's 17 intelligence agencies since May, first shared the statement with Axios in a report that cited “a source with direct knowledge of the materials†who claimed that Ratcliffe “has approved the release†to DOJ investigators “a large binder full of documents†to assist Durham’s investigation into the conduct of law enforcement and intelligence officials involved in examining ties between President Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia. The report also said Ratcliffe “has been working on this batch of documents for a number of weeks.†The move by Ratcliffe follows repeated calls by Trump for more information to be declassified and made public.
"I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to the single greatest political CRIME in American History, the Russia Hoax. Likewise, the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal. No redactions!" Trump tweeted Tuesday night, adding, “All Russia Hoax Scandal information was Declassified by me long ago. Unfortunately for our Country, people have acted very slowly, especially since it is perhaps the biggest political crime in the history of our Country. Act!!!â€
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