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Trump Nominee Faces Backlash Over Intelligence Report Manipulation

5/23/2025

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Joe Kent, President Trump's nominee for the National Counterterrorism Center, is under fire for allegedly pressuring intelligence analysts to modify a report connecting Venezuela's government to the Tren de Aragua gang. Emails expose his attempts to reshape the findings to fit Trump’s agenda, raising alarms among congressional leaders about the dangerous politicization of national security.

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Joe Kent, President Trump's nominee for the National Counterterrorism Center, is under fire for allegedly pressuring intelligence analysts to modify a report connecting Venezuela's government to the Tren de Aragua gang. Emails expose his attempts to reshape the findings to fit Trump’s agenda, raising alarms among congressional leaders about the dangerous politicization of national security.