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John Lee Ratcliffe [1] (born October 20, 1965) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the ninth director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since 2025. He previously served as the sixth director of national intelligence from 2020 to 2021 and served in the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2020.
The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe to lead the Central Intelligence Agency in overwhelming bipartisan fashion, making him the second member of President Trump’s national security ...
Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term and is the first person to have held that position and the top post at the CIA, the nation’s premier spy agency. The Texas Republican is a former federal prosecutor who emerged as a fierce Trump defender while serving as a congressman during Trump’s first impeachment.
John Ratcliffe, 59, is a politician and attorney. Ratcliffe served as the mayor of Heath, Texas, from 2004 to 2012 and as U.S. attorney for eastern Texas from 2007 to 2008.
Ratcliffe was first elected to Congress representing East Texas' 4th district in 2014 and he served on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Judiciary Committee, the Ethics ...
A former federal prosecutor, Ratcliffe also served in Congress, representing a Texas district. He was a fierce defender of Trump during his first impeachment proceedings in the House. Following two hours of questioning, the committee moved Ratcliffe's confirmation hearing behind closed doors to discuss matters of sensitive or classified ...
A fierce loyalist in Congress. Ratcliffe was elected to Congress in 2014, but his visibility rose in 2019 as an ardent defender of Trump during the House’s first impeachment proceedings against him. He was a member of Trump’s impeachment advisory team and strenuously questioned witnesses during the impeachment hearings.
President-elect Trump announced Tuesday that he will nominate John Ratcliffe, his former head of national intelligence, to lead the CIA. Ratcliffe, a former Texas representative, was critical of ...