Trump says FISA extension must include voting bill
Trump said he will block the spy-powers extension unless lawmakers also pass a voter ID bill, adding pressure as the authorities expired Friday.
- President Donald Trump declared Sunday he opposes renewing expired Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act powers unless Congress passes the controversial Save America Act, adding significant legislative hurdles to restoring national security authorities.
- FISA Section 702 authorities expired Friday after Democrats refused an extension, citing concerns that Bill Pulte, the Federal Housing Financing Agency chief slated to become acting intelligence director, lacks the necessary nonpartisan standing for the role.
- Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer demanded Pulte's removal Thursday, while Trump has struggled to secure enough Republican support to abolish the 60-vote threshold required to pass most legislation in the Senate.
- Seeking a resolution, Trump nominated Jay Clayton, current U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to succeed National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard as permanent director, with Clayton scheduled to testify before the Senate this week.
- Pulte is slated to take over as acting director on Friday, creating a narrow window for the Senate to confirm a permanent replacement and resolve the intelligence leadership dispute before the interim transition occurs.
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President Trump Draws a Line: No FISA Without the Full SAVE America Act * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Donald
President Trump is done waiting on the Senate to bury his election integrity bill. He just tied it to a surveillance law that Washington wants renewed badly. In a Truth Social post Sunday, Trump said he opposes renewing the government’s foreign surveillance authority unless his voting overhaul rides along with it. “I’m against FISA if it doesn’t come with The Save America Act (Full version!) firmly attached to it,” Trump wrote. That is hardball,…
Trump says he’ll refuse FISA spy power extension without SAVE America Act tacked on
President Trump declared Sunday that he will now back an extension of the now-lapsed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrantless spy power unless the SAVE America Act is attached.
Trump says he won’t support FISA extension unless it includes voter ID bill
President Trump said Sunday that he won't support any renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that does not also include the SAVE America Act, a sweeping overhaul of U.S. elections.
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patriot.tvTrump Signals Opposition to FISA Extension If SAVE America Act Not Included
President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he wants Congress to pass an election security bill as part of extending a key section of a surveillance law that lapsed last week. Trump said in a Truth Social said that some Democrats will continue to oppose renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)—which lapsed on June 12 after Congress failed to reach a deal—regardless of who he chooses to head the Office of the Direct…
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