Trump names Richard Grenell as acting spy chief

Published February 19, 2020 11:16pm ET



President Trump named Richard Grenell as his next acting director of national intelligence.

In such a role, Grenell, who is U.S. ambassador to Germany and a longtime Trump ally, would oversee the Intelligence Community, comprising more than a dozen agencies, which the president has viewed skeptically since his election in 2016.

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