Before Nielsen was forced out, she tried to focus the White House on one of her highest priorities as DHS secretary: preparing for new and different Russian forms of interference in 2020. Mulvaney told her not to bring it up in front of the president. https://t.co/WDNjfC52O4
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 24, 2019
Don’t tell Donald Trump about Russia’s election interference!https://t.co/I0uawbktw8
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) April 24, 2019
Not quite a denial, but a counterattack! (After the story published.) pic.twitter.com/WNBOEoD01o
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) April 24, 2019
The fact a foreign adversary will continue efforts to interfere in our sacred elections should alarm all of us. No less alarming is the idea a senior government official can't brief the President on it because it might hurt his feelings. pic.twitter.com/mY7ixBZhI5
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) April 24, 2019
I see a congressional hearing in which former Trump officials are asked how much attention @realDonaldTrump devoted to protecting the United States from another Russian attack on an American election.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) April 24, 2019
Just in from @RepAdamSchiff, on reports that Mick Mulvaney didn't want Kirstjen Nielsen to bring up the need to protect our political system from outside attack, because Trump would see it as denigrating the greatness of his victory: pic.twitter.com/MKIQ7gEFTN
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) April 25, 2019
What's behind President Trump's lack of engagement on Russian threat? @TiffanyDCross @amandacarpenter @ahrferrier @stefcutter discuss @TheLeadCNN https://t.co/nN4BwVlj5d pic.twitter.com/9ez2iI6iMV
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 24, 2019
U.S. government official: 'Like pulling teeth' to get WH to focus on Russia election interference threat @TheLeadCNN https://t.co/JhJJj2kwnz pic.twitter.com/O7poHy5yk0
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 24, 2019
A senior administration official tells me that while Secretary Nielsen grew frustrated with the White House‘s lack of engagement on election security, she continued to push the matter on her own, organizing two principals' meetings on her own — hosted at DHS offices in DC 1/
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 24, 2019
Sad! 