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| Dan Coats expected to step down as Trump director of national intelligence | Dan Coats expected to step down as Trump director of national intelligence |
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| US director of national intelligence Dan Coats is expected to step down and be replaced by Texas congressman John Ratcliffe, according to multiple reports on Sunday. | |
| Nadler: Mueller’s testimony ‘broke the lie’ Trump has been telling Americans | Nadler: Mueller’s testimony ‘broke the lie’ Trump has been telling Americans |
| Coats is a former Republican representative and senator from Indiana who has also been ambassador to Germany. | Coats is a former Republican representative and senator from Indiana who has also been ambassador to Germany. |
| He has been director of national intelligence since the start of the Trump presidency in 2017. He has reportedly clashed with Donald Trump on several issues. | He has been director of national intelligence since the start of the Trump presidency in 2017. He has reportedly clashed with Donald Trump on several issues. |
| For example, Coats publicly criticised the president’s relationship with Russian president Vladimir Putin and told a Senate panel he considered it unlikely North Korea would give up nuclear arms. | |
| According to Axios, Trump could still change his mind. But the website and the New York Times both reported that Ratcliffe was his likely replacement. | According to Axios, Trump could still change his mind. But the website and the New York Times both reported that Ratcliffe was his likely replacement. |
| Earlier this month, Politico reported that the president has met with California representative and key supporter Devin Nunes. | |
| But the Texan reportedly won Trump’s approval with his aggressive questioning of former special counsel Robert Mueller during hearings on Capitol Hill this week. | |
| “I agree with Chairman Nadler this morning when he said Donald Trump is not above the law,” Ratcliffe said during the judiciary committee session. | “I agree with Chairman Nadler this morning when he said Donald Trump is not above the law,” Ratcliffe said during the judiciary committee session. |
| “But he damn sure should not be below the law, which is where volume two of this report puts him.” | “But he damn sure should not be below the law, which is where volume two of this report puts him.” |
| Coats did not immediately comment on Sunday. He dismissed earlier reports of his likely exit as “frustrating”. | |
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