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John Ratcliffe (American politician)

For other people of this name, see John Ratcliffe (disambiguation).

John Ratcliffe
Official portrait, 2020
6th Director of National Intelligence
In office
May 26, 2020 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
DeputyNeil Wiley
Preceded byDan Coats
Succeeded byAvril Haines
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 4th district
In office
January 3, 2015 – May 22, 2020
Preceded byRalph Hall
Succeeded byPat Fallon
Mayor of Heath, Texas
In office
June 14, 2004 – May 14, 2012
Preceded byChris Cuny[1]
Succeeded byLorne Liechty[2]
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas
Acting
May 21, 2007 – April 29, 2008
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byMatthew D. Orwig
Succeeded byRebecca Gregory[3]
Personal details
Born
John Lee Ratcliffe

(1965-10-20) October 20, 1965 (age 58)
Mount Prospect, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMichele Addington
Children2
EducationUniversity of Notre Dame (BA)
Southern Methodist University (JD)
John Ratcliffe's voice
John Ratcliffe speaks on election security at an FBI press conference
Recorded October 20, 2020

John Lee Ratcliffe[4] (born October 20, 1965) is an American politician and attorney who served as the Director of National Intelligence from 2020 to 2021. He previously served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 4th district from 2015 to 2020. During his time in Congress, Ratcliffe was regarded as one of the most conservative members.[5][6] Ratcliffe also served as Mayor of Heath, Texas, from 2004 to 2012 and acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas from May 2007 to April 2008.

President Donald Trump announced on July 28, 2019 that he intended to nominate Ratcliffe to replace Dan Coats as Director of National Intelligence.[7][8] Ratcliffe withdrew after Republican senators raised concerns about him, former intelligence officials said he might politicize intelligence, and media revealed Ratcliffe's embellishments regarding his prosecutorial experience in terrorism and immigration cases.[9][10][11][12]

On February 28, 2020, President Trump announced that he would again nominate Ratcliffe to be Director of National Intelligence,[13] and after Senate approval,[14] he resigned from the House,[15] and was sworn in on May 26. At his confirmation hearing, amid concerns that Ratcliffe would politicize the DNI, Ratcliffe pledged to be apolitical.[16] However, during his tenure as DNI, Ratcliffe was regarded as using the position to score political points for Trump.[16][17] Ratcliffe made public assertions that contradicted the intelligence community's own assessments,[16] and sidelined career officials in the intelligence community.[18]

  1. ^ "Elected Officials". Archived from the original on April 30, 2004. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Justin Cheatham (May 19, 2012). "New officials take command of Heath council". Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  3. ^ "Senate Confirms Becky Gregory As New U.S. Attorney For Eastern District Of Texas". April 29, 2008. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  4. ^ "State Bar of Texas - Find A Lawyer: John Lee Ratcliffe". texasbar.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  5. ^ Dilanian, Ken (July 29, 2019). "Intel officials worry Trump's pick for top spy will politicize the job". NBC News.
  6. ^ "The quiet director: How Gina Haspel manages the CIA's volatile relationship with Trump". The Washington Post. 2019.
  7. ^ Trump, Donald J. [@realDonaldTrump] (July 28, 2019). "I am pleased to announce that highly respected Congressman John Ratcliffe of Texas will be nominated by me to be the Director of National Intelligence" (Tweet). Retrieved July 29, 2019 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Barnes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Zachary Cohen; Pamela Brown; Allie Malloy; Kaitlan Collins (August 2, 2019). "Trump says Ratcliffe is no longer his pick for director of national intelligence". CNN. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  10. ^ Dennis, Steven T.; Jacobs, Jennifer; Flatley, Daniel (August 2, 2019). "Ratcliffe Withdraws From Intelligence Nomination, Trump Says". Bloomberg. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  11. ^ "Trump scuttles plan to nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe as top intelligence official". NBC News. August 2, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  12. ^ Savage, Charlie; Barnes, Julian E.; Karni, Annie (August 2, 2019). "Trump Drops Plans to Nominate John Ratcliffe as Director of National Intelligence". The New York Times.
  13. ^ Cohen, Zachary; Hoffman, Jason (February 29, 2020). "Trump says he will nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe to be director of national intelligence". CNN. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  14. ^ Barnes, Julian E.; Fandos, Nicholas (May 21, 2020). "Senate Approves John Ratcliffe for Top Intelligence Job in Sharply Split Vote". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  15. ^ Gilman, Todd J. (May 21, 2020). "Divided Senate Confirms Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe as Director of National Intelligence". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  16. ^ a b c Barnes, Julian E.; Goldman, Adam (October 9, 2020). "John Ratcliffe Pledged to Stay Apolitical. Then He Began Serving Trump's Political Agenda". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  17. ^ Harris, Shane (October 8, 2020). "DNI Ratcliffe has broken his promise to keep politics out of intelligence, intelligence veterans say". The Washington Post.
  18. ^ Barnes, Julian E.; Goldman, Adam (October 30, 2020). "Trump Is Said to Set Aside Career Intelligence Briefer to Hear From Advisers Instead". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved October 30, 2020.

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