>[President Donald Trump announced on July 28, 2019, that he intended to nominate Ratcliffe to replace Dan Coats as Director of National Intelligence. Ratcliffe withdrew after Republican senators raised concerns about him, former intelligence officials said he might politicize intelligence, and media revealed **Ratcliffe's embellishments** regarding his prosecutorial experience in terrorism and immigration cases.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ratcliffe_(American_politician))
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