President Trump’s spy chief claims the Intelligence Community played no role in the creation of a classified appendix compiled by Democrats containing allegations of Russian interference efforts that was partly leaked to the media and used to accuse Senate Republicans of entangling themselves in a foreign disinformation scheme.

“I can confirm the IC did not create the classified addendum … nor did we authorize its creation,” Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe wrote in a letter to senators, which was obtained by the Washington Examiner.

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