President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he told his new acting intelligence director, Bill Pulte, to “declassify almost everything” before a permanent replacement to head the office is confirmed.
“Bill is there just for a fairly short period of time. But while he’s there, I said you can declassify whatever you want,” Trump told reporters as he was heading to an event in North Dakota on July 1.
“I think that Bill will declassify,” he said.
The decision to name Pulte as the acting head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has drawn the ire of many Democrats and some Republicans, who argued last month that he isn’t qualified….
Trump Says He Told New Acting Intelligence Director to ‘Declassify Almost Everything’
