Category: John Ratcliffe

Lab Leak ‘Only Explanation’ for COVID-19: Former Intelligence Director

A laboratory leak is the only COVID-19 origin theory supported by evidence, a former intelligence official testified on April 18. “A lab leak is the only explanation credibly supported by our intelligence, by science, and by common sense,” John Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence during the latter portion of the Trump administration, told a…


John Ratcliffe: Law Schools Will Use Indictment as Example of Prosecutorial Overreach

Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said Tuesday that graduate schools offering studies leading to a law degree will use the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office case against Donald Trump as an example to teach students what not to do. Ratcliffe, an attorney who served as national intelligence director from 2020 to 2021, said the…


Trump Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe Says Manhattan DA Indictment Leak Is a ‘Felony’

Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said that the leaking of information suggesting that former President Donald Trump would be indicted is a crime, suggesting that someone inside Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office committed a felony offense. “The only felony of which we can be certain to come out of this Alvin Bragg…


Former National Intelligence Director: UFO Report Raises Concerns About US Defense Capabilities

When former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe was asked about an increased number of UFO sightings during an interview with Fox & Friends on Sunday, he emphasized how significant such phenomena are to national defense. The recently released Office of the DNI Annual Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (pdf) reported a record increase…


Trump Returns to Mar-a-Lago, Reveals ‘Place Will Never Be the Same’ After Raid

Former President Donald Trump revealed Monday that he returned to his Mar-a-Lago property while decrying the FBI’s raid targeting the resort last month. “Arrived in Florida last night and had a long and detailed chance to check out the scene of yet another government ‘crime,’ the FBI’s Raid and Break-In of my home, Mar-a-Lago,” he…


Former US Intel Chief: FBI ‘Didn’t Find What They Were Looking for’ in Trump Raid

Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said he believes the FBI “didn’t find what they were looking” for during last month’s raid on former President Donald Trump’s home. “I was a former federal prosecutor, United States attorney. Let me tell you what this is about. Good prosecutors with good cases play it straight. They…


Former Director of National Intelligence: Nothing in Affidavit Supported ‘Extreme’ FBI Trump Raid

No portions of the redacted search warrant affidavit supported the Biden administration taking the unprecedented step of raiding a former president’s home, a former top intelligence official says. “I think it provided a general recitation of the fact that the FBI and the Department of Justice believed that there were classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. But…


Former National Intelligence Director: Trump Has ‘Ultimate Declassification Authority’

A former director of national intelligence said Aug. 12 that it is “virtually impossible” to prosecute people for mishandling classified documents, and asserted that former President Donald Trump has the “ultimately declassification authority” in terms of such documents. “The president does have ultimate declassification authority. He can literally declassify—and President Trump had that authority, and…


Former DNI: Classified Documents Will Blow John Durham Case Wide Open

Former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe said that there are still many more classified documents that should be released in connection to special counsel John Durham’s investigation, which he said will appall the public if they’re declassified. “I expect there to be a lot more indictments to be forthcoming from John Durham besides…


Former DNI Expects More Indictments to Come From Classified Durham Docs

Former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe said that there are still many more classified documents that should be released in connection to special counsel John Durham’s investigation, which he said will appall the public if they’re declassified. “I expect there to be a lot more indictments to be forthcoming from John Durham besides…