Obama - The Man Behind The Curtain? House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford on Wednesday accused former President Barack Obama of executing the "greatest perpetration of fraud against the American people in history," claiming the former president cannot "plead ignorance" in the case. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard earlier Wednesday declassified and released a House Intelligence Committee report that alleges that an Obama-era intelligence assessment on Russian election meddling used the discredited Steele Dossier to underpin its conclusion that Russian President Vladimir Putin aspired to help Donald Trump win the 2016 election.  The report rejects the conclusion that Russia interfered with the 2016 election in favor of Trump, stating some evidence indicated Russian President Vladimir Putin may have instead favored (or at least expected) a Hillary Clinton victory. "This was about driving a narrative that was predetermined," Crawford said on the "Just The News, No Noise" TV show. "Whatever their motivation was, it was clearly nefarious. And there were a lot of people involved. It goes all the way up to President Obama. He can't plead ignorance. He can't, you know, play the plausible deniability card. He was intimately involved in this and authorized it." Get more information on this story - https://justthenews.com/government/congress/house-intel-chair-says-russian-hoax-greatest-perpetration-fraud-against

Noem Stands By Plan To Dismantle And Revamp FEMA Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has doubled down on her past calls to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) — but also says it should be “remade” as the agency responds to floods in Texas. Noem said FEMA has been “slower to get the resources to Americans in crisis, and that is why this entire agency needs to be eliminated as it exists today and remade into a responsive agency.” It’s not entirely clear what eliminating and then recreating the agency entails, but the administration has frequently said it wants the states to play a larger role in responding to disasters. Noem also doubled down on that idea Wednesday, appearing by video at a meeting of the FEMA Review Council. “What President Trump has empowered us to do is to let these states and local emergency management officials run and make decisions that best respond to their communities, and we be a support that comes in and comes alongside them when they need us,” she said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VcA1jmsTzo More here - https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5393277-noem-fema-elimination-texas-flooding/ Tagged: Politics