By Steve Neavling

ticklethewire.com
President Trump pressured intelligence agencies to quash part of classified report that revealed Russia was trying to help him win the 2020 election, according to The New York Times Magazine.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) compiled the report, known as a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), which concluded that Russia sought to interfere in the election.
As the ODNI was finishing the report, Trump staffers attempted to remove the section about Russia interfering in the election.
“I can affirm that one of my staffers who was aware of the controversy requested that I modify that assessment,” former director of national intelligence Dan Coats tell The Times. “But I said, ‘No, we need to stick to what the analysts have said.'”
Soon after, Trump forced Coats to retire early.
Without Coates at the helm, the NIE soft-peddled the conclusion, stating, “Russian leaders probably assess that chances to improve relations with the US will diminish under a different US president.”
Numerous federal agencies concluded that Russia interfered in the 2016 election, but Trump downplayed the reports.
