US Intel Head Refers 2017 Russia Assessment to Inspector General

Then-Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) questions Intelligence Committee Minority Counsel Stephen Castor and Intelligence Committee Majority Counsel Daniel Goldman during the House impeachment inquiry hearings in Washington on Dec. 9, 2019. Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on Oct. 15 forwarded an investigative referral to the Office of the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG), concerning potential wrongdoing related to the consequential January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

In a letter (pdf) to Thomas Monheim, the acting ICIG, Ratcliffe cited an investigative referral about the assessment sent by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee to the CIA’s inspector general (CIA IG).