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April 25, 2019

Kirstjen Nielsen Warned Against Discussing Russian Election Meddling with Trump
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The New York Times is reporting that before she left her post as head of
the Department of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen sought repeatedly
to sound the alarm over Russian interference in the 2020 election, but
was ordered not to bring it up in front of the president. As DHS
secretary, Nielsen was tasked with overseeing the nation's civilian
cyberdefenses, but according to the Times, Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney
made it clear that Trump still equated any public discussion of malign
Russian election activity with questions about the legitimacy of his
victory. Nielsen resigned earlier this month after overseeing Trump's
"zero tolerance" immigration policy that's seen children separated from
their parents and entire families held in cages resembling dog kennels.


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