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Their heads and say, well, i guess he's a qualified terrorism prosecutor because he said so. whatever comes out of the white house or whatever comes out of the white house's appointee's and enablers there's about 40% of the public that is simply going to believe it. and, you know -- my personal view, ratcliffe is completely unqualified for this. he was clearly auditioning for this job during the mueller hearings. he has pushed you know fever swamp theories about plots within the fbi. you know, you'd really have to try hard to find people that e are, you know, worse picks than this. and this ad...

Decide how to run your elections. it's a safety measure which the federal government should take responsibility for. to safeguard the elections. >> all right. president trump's choice for the new director of national intelligence is drawing new scrutiny for inflating his record on fighting terrorism. republican congressman john ratcliffe is a fierce advocate for trump on the judiciary and intelligence committees. and has repeatedly touted this credential from his time in the u.s. attorney's office for the eastern district of texas. >> part of my background is that i was a terrorism prosecutor ...

Scrutiny on fighting terrorism. tough advocate on the judiciary and intelligence committees and his time in office for eastern district of texas. watch. >> part of my background is that i was a terrorism prosecutor. >> all right, so that was a big selling point. you hear him there saying he prosecuted terrorists repeatedly. apparently on ratcliffe's website he put terrorists in prison. no evidence that he prosecuted a terrorism case. in a 2015 news release, ratcliffe's office he convicted individuals funneling money to hamas behind the front of a terrorist organization. his name does not appea...

Intelligence experience, but one thing he has is that he was the u.s. attorney in east texas about a decade ago. he was a federal prosecutor and he says on his website that he was a terrorism prosecutor and that he, quote, put terrorists in prison. but nbc news and pete williams have been looking close ily at the record and we can find no evidence that he prosecuted a terrorism case. they pointed to a case in dallas against the holy land foundation, which was -- in which it was a muslim charity that was convicted of funneling money to a palestinian terrorism group. the first trial ended in mis...

Member of the house intelligence committee for six years. he has done very well by himself in terms of -- by the way, he also worked on the counter terrorism task force. he doesn't come to this -- >> they should be jumping on board. >> he still has to make his case that he is going to be independent. i think people see the video. they hear the narrative and want to know do you believe the russians interfered? i think if he answers those questions in the affirmative he'll see it through. >> what do you say? coats had 20 years in congress, congressman, ambassador, senator. ratcliff doesn't have ...