On Sunday, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) revealed that the Biden-Harris administration has taken no action to respond to Iran’s attempt to assassinate Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Turner, who made the comments during an interview on CBS News’ “Face The Nation” with Margaret Brennan, demanded that the administration responded to what he said was an “act of war.”
“I think what’s missing here is a response from the administration,” Turner said. “You have Microsoft coming forward and saying that the Trump campaign had been hacked. The administration, the Biden administration, had identified that Iran was attempting to do this, including spinning misinformation.”
“But, even further, the administration has acknowledged that Iran had – was executing a plan to assassinate Donald Trump, even alleging that an individual they have in possession was part of that plot,” he continued. “Yet you don’t really have a response from the administration. Most national security experts resoundingly agree that killing a presidential candidate would be an act of war from a foreign power. Well, certainly, attempting … does at least require a response.”
“And, in this, the administration is – both on the hacking side, on the misinformation side, and on the alleged attempt on Donald Trump’s life, is not holding Iran accountable,” he said, adding that the Biden-Harris administration have drawn “no red lines” with Iran.
“This is not a law enforcement issue, right? This is not a law enforcement issue,” Turner said in response to the individual who was carrying out the assassination plot being arrested. “This is a nation-state that the administration has identified as having executed a plot to try to assassinate Donald Trump and is undertaking misinformation, election interference including hacking.”
“This requires a response to the administration,” he said.
