what we re learning is this ig report addresses suspicions that zach cohen brought up in september of 2020 when he reported on whistle-blower complaint. this ig report is a damning look at the way the dhs office of intelligence and analysis dealt with intelligence related to russia s interference in the u.s. election. remember, the u.s. intelligence community announced during the 2020 campaign that russia was actively meddling in the election to weaken then candidate joe biden. at the time trump downplayed those findings and promoted false claims about biden that aligned with russia s disinformation efforts. the watchdog found the dhs office deviated from standard procedures when handling some of these intelligence products, for example, the ig says then acting homeland security secretary chad wolf participated in the review process multiple times, despite lacking any formal role in reviewing that product. that caused delays. the ig also followed up on a july 2020 meeting mentioned b
Biden s term? the focus in 2020. is that a mover here? david chalian, always great to have you. this morning, a damning report of the department of homeland security. the dhs watchdog said the agency led by a trump appointee for acting secretary appears to have deliberately downplayed russian interference in the 2020 election in part due to politics. homeland inspector general, delayed an alternate intelligence report related to russian meddling. the report also states then acting dhs secretary participated in the review process multiple times, a formal role in the process. followed up on a july 2020 meeting claiming that wolf had asked for the product to be held, why? it made trump, president at the time, look bad. interviewed wolf who denied saying this. still to come, the leak of that supreme court draft opinion