Trying to help him again, to interfere in the 2020 election. According to a source, the Intelligence Communitys top Election Security official warned house lawmakers that russia is trying to get trump reelected. Its an incredible thing hearing news of the briefing set the president off. He was furious according to a source. Specifically furious at his now Outgoing National director of intelligence Joseph Mcguire for allowing the briefing take place. He didnt want to hear it for what he believed was ammunition for democrats. News of the outburst coming 24 hours after trump picked loyalist Richard Grenell to be the new acting director of intelligence. Kaitlan begins our coverage outside the white house. Its a Stunning Development when you get a headline like this, the instinct would be to be furious and to perhaps put someone in place that would not allow this sort of thing to get out. What more are you learning about this briefing, which official led it and what happened . Reporter erin
Russian efforts to boosts President Trumps reelection efforts. So i think they see this as portending greater efforts on the part of trump to put his loyalists in these positions so they can stop the intelligence for National Security. Thats why i said this is a crisis. President trump touting his lead in the polling during a rally in colorado last night. The only problem, those were polls from four years ago against his then republican primary opponents. The next one was 5 , 4 , 3 , 2 , 2 , 2 , 1 , and 0. 11 , 14, 4, 3, 2, 2. 8, 1. 9. 3, 3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1. Okay. Lets get back to business. Now i feel good. Now i feel good. And good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in las vegas. We are less than 24 hours away from the critical nevada caucus where Bernie Sanders could grab a delegate lead and never look back. The vermonts senator polling strength is growing, especially among africanamerican democrats, a key voting bloc and until now dedicated to joe biden. Our new nbc news wall street jo
Weve confirmed the president was furious that the security czar told lawmakers that russians had exhibited a preference for donald trump and was trying to help him in 2020. But one current official tell us that peerson overstated the intelligence and when pressed by bipartisan lawmakers to show the evidence, she could not. Regardless, the result was that the president got so angry he fired his acting dni and replaced him with a loyalist, somebody who intelligence officials worry will not be a good faith interpreter or messenger of the intelligence the American Government gathers. Joining me now to break down this big story, nbc news intelligence and National Security correspondent ken dilanian, and ned price. Ken, first to you. The underlying or the bottom line here is two things. One, donald trump replaced somebody who people trusted with a loyalist who people do not trust. And two, that russian is still trying to interfere, still trying to undercut americas faith in our systems and o
PENDLETON — Criminal charges have been dismissed against Ricky Lane Snodgrass, the U.S. Forest Service employee charged with reckless burning after overseeing a prescribed fire in Grant County in October 2022.
Charges were moved from Grant County Circuit Court to federal court in March 2024.
An evidentiary hearing was scheduled for July 11 and a jury trial was tentatively set to start Nov. 12.