(8-18-24) Ohio’s US Rep. Mike Turner (R), who is the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, was a guest today on ‘Face The Nation‘ on CBS.

Turner talked about the current issues the world is facing with Iran and how the Biden Administration has handled it.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Good to have you here in person. I want to talk about the election meddling that we have been hearing is underway. US intelligence and the Justice Department say Iran is working to influence the outcome of the next election. The FBI is investigating phishing attempts at people associated with both the Trump and the Harris campaigns, but we know in 2020 the Supreme Leader had sanctioned Iran interfering to hurt Donald Trump in that election. Are you satisfied with what the social media companies and US intelligence are doing now?

REP. TURNER: You know, I think what’s missing here is a response from the administration. You have Microsoft coming forward and saying that the Trump administration has- has been the excuse me, the Trump campaign had been hacked. The administration, the Biden administration had identified that Iran was attempting to do this, including spreading misinformation. But even further, the administration has acknowledged that Iran had- was executing a plan to assassinate Donald Trump. They even- alleging that an individual they have in possession was part of that plot. But you don’t really have a response from the administration. You know, most national security experts resoundly agree that killing a presidential candidate would be an act of war from a foreign power. Well, certainly attempting– 

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REP. TURNER: — There is a possibility, with the advances that have been made under the Biden administration’s policy, that Iran could, reports are out, that Iran could declare itself a nuclear weapon state by the end of the year, if- and you would not have had that– 

MARGARET BRENNAN: — But that conclusion hasn’t been made, has it?–  

REP. TURNER:– No– 

MARGARET BRENNAN: — Okay– 

REP. TURNER: — But you would not have had that under the Trump administration’s maximum pressure campaign. The flexibility and freedom that they’ve had under the Biden administration has given them the ability to both try to influence our elections, actively try to undertake a plot to assassinate Donald Trump, and to continue their nuclear weapons and their nuclear enrichment programs. 

Rep. Mike Turner (OH-10) | CBS Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

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