US EditionMcCaul: ‘I would not advise Ukraine to sign’ Trump peace deal without ‘ironclad’ security agreement
The Trump administration's peace plan with Russia excluded CIA and Ukrainian input, raising bipartisan concerns it may reward Putin for the 2022 Donbass invasion.
- On Monday, journalist Michael Weiss reported that Trump administration special envoy Steve Witkoff negotiated a Russia–Ukraine peace plan with Vladimir Putin's government, reportedly excluding input from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- Sources within the U.S. intelligence community describe that Michael Weiss cited an unnamed U.S. intelligence source saying `It was not an accident CIA was kept out of the loop`, while CIA Director John Ratcliffe and other top officials were reportedly excluded.
- Bipartisan legislative concern surfaced when U.S. lawmakers warned the plan could be seen as `rewarding` Putin for his 2022 invasion, and Halifax speakers said it was `not our recommendation`.
- Public statements from lawmakers followed as Rep. Don Bacon demanded firings on X for recent handling, while Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator, called the peace plan `authored by the U.S.` on The X social platform.
- Reporting this week shows Jimmy Rushton, foreign policy analyst , citing The Washington Post that the U.S. State Department, congressional GOP, and intelligence community were unaware of Witkoff's peace plan.
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'Not an accident': Trump kept his own CIA director 'out of the loop' on Russian peace deal
President Donald Trump's administration appears to have excluded top intelligence officials from sensitive negotiations with a major adversary — even CIA Director John Ratcliffe.That's according to journalist Michael Weiss, who reported Monday that Ratcliffe was "not privy" to the Russian peace deal that Trump administration special envoy Steve Witkoff has been negotiating with Vladimir Putin's government. Weiss cited an unnamed "U.S. intelligen…
'Not an accident': Trump kept his own CIA director 'out of the loop' on Russian peace deal
President Donald Trump's administration appears to have excluded top intelligence officials from sensitive negotiations with a major adversary — even CIA Director John Ratcliffe.That's according to journalist Michael Weiss, who reported Monday that Ratcliffe was "not privy" to the Russian peace deal...
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