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Whistleblower Brian Murphy, who has been a senior in the Department of Homeland Security, says the order in May of this year came from Chad Wolf, who heads the department.
The report released Wednesday claims that Chad Wolf and Kenneth T. Cuccinelli repeatedly raised the threat from China in security reports. At the same time, information about Russia’s involvement will be toned down.
Brian Murphy also says he was relegated from office after refusing to do what the White House wanted.
Should shape opinions
It is also said that the second head of the department, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, ordered him to change the intelligence assessments to make the threat posed by white power movements less serious. reports The Washington Post. Cuccinelli is also said to have ordered the inclusion of information on “violent leftist groups,” according to the report.
Chad Wolf and Kenneth T. Cucinelli, the two top officials, both appointed by President Donald Trump, were thus able to shape the department’s views on Trump’s rhetoric and interests, reports the Washington Post.
Brian Murphy claims in his complaint that Chad Wolf, in turn, had said that the order came from President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Robert O’Brien.
“Serious complaints”
Democrats on the House intelligence committee say the information in the report is a restriction of the law and an abuse of power that “puts the nation and its security at serious risk.”
Adam Schiff, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says in a statement that Murphy’s complaints are serious.
– Murphy’s complaints are serious. Senior officials downplay Russia’s involvement in the US elections in security reports and make false statements about terrorist threats on the southern border, so that the intelligence service matches the president’s rhetoric, Adam Schiff says according to CNN.
