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On February 28, 2020, Trump announced the nomination of U.S. Rep. [[John Ratcliffe (American politician)|John Ratcliffe]] to the post of Director of National Intelligence. The nomination allowed Grenell to stay on as acting director pending Ratcliffe's confirmation. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-says-he-will-nominate-john-ratcliffe-be-intel-chief-n1145621 |title=Trump nominates Rep. John Ratcliffe to be intel chief — again |publisher=Nbcnews.com |date= |accessdate=March 1, 2020}}</ref>
On February 28, 2020, Trump announced the nomination of U.S. Rep. [[John Ratcliffe (American politician)|John Ratcliffe]] to the post of Director of National Intelligence. The nomination allowed Grenell to stay on as acting director pending Ratcliffe's confirmation. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-says-he-will-nominate-john-ratcliffe-be-intel-chief-n1145621 |title=Trump nominates Rep. John Ratcliffe to be intel chief — again |publisher=Nbcnews.com |date= |accessdate=March 1, 2020}}</ref>


''The Washington Post'' reported on March 10, 2020, that Grenell declined to attend a congressional hearing on election security that day, "citing apprehension about his preparedness to address sensitive subjects that tend to upset the president."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/richard-grenell-trump-intelligence-election-security/2020/03/10/6504cc36-62d6-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html|title=No evidence yet that Russia has taken steps to help any candidate in 2020, intelligence official tells Congress|first1=Ellen|last1=Nakashima|first2=closeEllen NakashimaNational security reporterEmailEmailBioBioFollowFollowSeung Min Kim closeSeung Min KimWhite House|last2=reporterEmailEmailBioBioFollowFollow|website=Washington Post}}</ref>
''The Washington Post'' reported on March 10, 2020, that Grenell declined to attend a congressional hearing on election security that day, "citing apprehension about his preparedness to address sensitive subjects that tend to upset the president."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/richard-grenell-trump-intelligence-election-security/2020/03/10/6504cc36-62d6-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html|title=No evidence yet that Russia has taken steps to help any candidate in 2020, intelligence official tells Congress |website=Washington Post}}</ref>


On April 2 and 15, 2020, Grenell acted to declassify several footnotes in a report on FISA abuse released by DOJ Inspector General [[Michael E. Horowitz]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/19/richard-grenell-reveals-russia-fed-christopher-ste/|title=New intel chief pivotal in releasing classified dossier bombshell|work=The Washington Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/16/politics/christopher-steele-footnotes-russian-disinformation/index.html|title=GOP seizes on newly declassified material to raise further questions about Steele dossier|author1=Jeremy Herb |author2=Evan Perez|website=CNN}}</ref> He also played a role in the release of 57 transcripts of Russia probe interviews by the House Intelligence Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/intel-chief-tells-schiff-transcripts-of-russia-probe-interviews-cleared-for-release|title=Intel chief tells Schiff transcripts of Russia probe interviews cleared for release|first=Brooke|last=Singman|date=May 6, 2020|website=Fox News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-intelligence-committee-transcripts-russia-investigation/|title=House Intelligence Committee releases dozens of transcripts from Russia probe|website=www.cbsnews.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2114-acting-dni-grenell-statement-on-release-of-hpsci-transcripts|title=Acting DNI Grenell Statement on Release of HPSCI Transcripts|website=www.dni.gov}}</ref> On May 12, 2020, Grenell declassified the names of Obama administration officials who [[Unmasking by U.S. intelligence agencies|unmasked]] [[Michael Flynn]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/us/politics/richard-grenell-declassification-unmasking-list.html|title=Intelligence Chief Declassifies List of Obama-Era Names in Unusual Step|first1=Julian E.|last1=Barnes|first2=Katie|last2=Benner|date=May 12, 2020|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/acting-intelligence-chief-grenell-gave-doj-list-of-obama-officials-who-unmasked-michael-flynn/2020/05/12/8b7beb48-9467-11ea-82b4-c8db161ff6e5_story.html|title=Acting intelligence chief Grenell gave DOJ list of Obama officials who ‘unmasked’ Michael Flynn|first1=Shane|last1=Harris|first2=Matt|last2=Zapotosky|website=Washington Post}}</ref> and on May 19, 2020, Grenell declassified an email that Obama's national security advisor [[Susan Rice]] sent to herself.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Moreno | first1=J. Edward | title=Grenell declassifies Susan Rice email sent on Inauguration Day | url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/498591-grenell-declassifies-rice-email-susan-rice-email-sent-on-inauguration | date=May 19, 2020 | work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] | accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref>
On April 2 and 15, 2020, Grenell acted to declassify several footnotes in a report on FISA abuse released by DOJ Inspector General [[Michael E. Horowitz]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/19/richard-grenell-reveals-russia-fed-christopher-ste/|title=New intel chief pivotal in releasing classified dossier bombshell|work=The Washington Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/16/politics/christopher-steele-footnotes-russian-disinformation/index.html|title=GOP seizes on newly declassified material to raise further questions about Steele dossier|author1=Jeremy Herb |author2=Evan Perez|website=CNN}}</ref> He also played a role in the release of 57 transcripts of Russia probe interviews by the House Intelligence Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/intel-chief-tells-schiff-transcripts-of-russia-probe-interviews-cleared-for-release|title=Intel chief tells Schiff transcripts of Russia probe interviews cleared for release|first=Brooke|last=Singman|date=May 6, 2020|website=Fox News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-intelligence-committee-transcripts-russia-investigation/|title=House Intelligence Committee releases dozens of transcripts from Russia probe|website=www.cbsnews.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2114-acting-dni-grenell-statement-on-release-of-hpsci-transcripts|title=Acting DNI Grenell Statement on Release of HPSCI Transcripts|website=www.dni.gov}}</ref> On May 12, 2020, Grenell declassified the names of Obama administration officials who [[Unmasking by U.S. intelligence agencies|unmasked]] [[Michael Flynn]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/us/politics/richard-grenell-declassification-unmasking-list.html|title=Intelligence Chief Declassifies List of Obama-Era Names in Unusual Step|first1=Julian E.|last1=Barnes|first2=Katie|last2=Benner|date=May 12, 2020|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/acting-intelligence-chief-grenell-gave-doj-list-of-obama-officials-who-unmasked-michael-flynn/2020/05/12/8b7beb48-9467-11ea-82b4-c8db161ff6e5_story.html|title=Acting intelligence chief Grenell gave DOJ list of Obama officials who ‘unmasked’ Michael Flynn|first1=Shane|last1=Harris|first2=Matt|last2=Zapotosky|website=Washington Post}}</ref> and on May 19, 2020, Grenell declassified an email that Obama's national security advisor [[Susan Rice]] sent to herself.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Moreno | first1=J. Edward | title=Grenell declassifies Susan Rice email sent on Inauguration Day | url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/498591-grenell-declassifies-rice-email-susan-rice-email-sent-on-inauguration | date=May 19, 2020 | work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] | accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref>

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Richard Grenell
United States Ambassador to Germany
Assumed office
May 8, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byJohn B. Emerson
Acting Director of National Intelligence
In office
February 20, 2020 – May 26, 2020
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byJoseph Maguire (acting)
Succeeded byJohn Ratcliffe
Personal details
Born (1966-09-18) September 18, 1966 (age 57)
Jenison, Michigan, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Domestic partnerMatt Lashey
EducationEvangel University (BA)
Harvard University (MPA)

Richard Allen Grenell (born September 18, 1966) is an American diplomat, civil servant, and media consultant. He currently serves as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany, and the Special Presidential Envoy for Serbia and Kosovo Peace Negotiations, and briefly served as acting Director of National Intelligence in the Trump administration.

Grenell served as a U.S. State Department spokesperson to the United Nations under four different U.S. ambassadors during the George W. Bush administration. Following his State Department tenure, he formed Capitol Media Partners, an international strategic media and public affairs consultancy; he also worked as a Fox News contributor. Grenell was foreign policy spokesperson for Mitt Romney during his 2012 presidential campaign.

In September 2017, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, nominated Grenell as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany. On April 26, 2018, he was confirmed by the United States Senate by a vote of 56 to 42. Grenell presented his credentials to the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on May 8, 2018. His tenure has been controversial; Grenell has been described as politically and diplomatically isolated in Berlin because of his association with the far right, his interference in domestic politics and a perceived lack of professionalism, and most German political leaders avoid contact with him.[1][2][3] In 2020, Grenell briefly served as acting director of national intelligence in the Trump administration, the first openly gay person to serve in a U.S. cabinet-level position.[4]

Early life and education

Grenell graduated with a bachelor's degree in Government and Public Administration from Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri. He received a master's degree in Public Administration from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.[5][6]

Career

Prior to his service at the State Department, Grenell was a political adviser to a number of prominent Republicans, including George Pataki and Dave Camp.[7]

Minister-Counselor, State Department (2001–2008)

Grenell voting at a UN Security Council meeting in 2005

In 2001, Grenell was appointed by President George W. Bush as Director of Communications and Public Diplomacy for the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York (formally, his title was Minister Counselor).[8] Serving in that role until 2008, Grenell advised four different U.S. Ambassadors. During his tenure, Grenell promulgated U.S. official position and strategy on such issues as the War on Terror, global peacekeeping operations, nuclear proliferation, and the UN Oil for Food corruption scandal.[9]

Consulting, media, and campaign work (2009–2017)

In 2009, Grenell founded Capitol Media Partners, an international strategic media and public affairs consultancy with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and Washington, D.C.[citation needed] He was also under contract as a Fox News contributor, commenting on foreign affairs and the media.[10][11] Grenell has written for The Wall Street Journal,[12][13] CBS News,[14][15] CNN,[16] Politico,[17] Huffington Post,[18] The Washington Times,[19] Newsmax,[20] and Al Jazeera.[21] In 2012, CNN ranked Grenell as one of the top five Republican consultants in social media,[22] and Time magazine named Grenell as one of the Top 10 Political Twitter Feeds of 2014.[23]

Grenell was a foreign policy spokesperson for Republican candidate Mitt Romney during his 2012 presidential campaign. Grenell is the first openly gay person to work as a spokesperson for a Republican presidential candidate.[24][25]

Grenell was a signatory to a 2013 amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage during the Hollingsworth v. Perry case.[26]

In 2016, Grenell's consulting firm accepted more than $100,000 from the Magyar Foundation of North America to provide public relations support for the Hungarian government of Viktor Orbán. Grenell did not disclose this payment under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) prior to his work in the Trump administration.[27]

Days after Grenell’s appointment as DNI, CNN reported that his personal website had—until 2018—touted consulting work he had done for clients in Iran, China, Kazakhstan and other countries.[28]

Ambassador to Germany

Grenell (left) with Berlin Governing Mayor Michael Müller in 2018

In September 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Grenell to become the United States Ambassador to Germany.[29] After a significant delay, the Senate confirmed Grenell 56–42 on April 26, 2018.[30][31] Grenell was sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence on May 3, 2018,[32] making him the highest-ranking openly gay official ever in a Republican administration.[33] Grenell was also under consideration for the posts of U.S. Ambassador to NATO and United States Ambassador to the United Nations.[34][35]

Grenell presented his credentials to the President of Germany on May 8, 2018.[36] Within hours of taking office, Grenell offended diplomats and business leaders when he tweeted that “German companies doing business in Iran should wind down operations immediately.”[37] The tweet was widely perceived as a threat, with the Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, commenting that "This man was accredited as ambassador only yesterday. To give German businesses such orders … that’s just not how you can treat your allies.”[38] The leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party stated that Grenell "does appear to need some tutoring" in the "fine art of diplomacy", while the Die Linke party urged the Merkel government to summon Grenell to explain his comments.[38]

Grenell stirred controversy in June 2018 by telling Breitbart News, "I absolutely want to empower other conservatives throughout Europe, other leaders."[39] This comment was described[by whom?] as a breach of diplomatic protocol and a breach of Article 14 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which requires ambassadors to be politically neutral in the domestic politics of the countries where they serve.[1][39] Prominent German politicians called for Grenell's dismissal.[40][41][42][43] Martin Schulz, former leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, said, "What this man is doing is unheard of in international diplomacy. If a German ambassador were to say in Washington that he is there to boost the Democrats, he would have been kicked out immediately."[40]

In the fall of 2018, Grenell played a key diplomatic role in planning the arrest of Julian Assange by providing backchannel assurances to Ecuador that Assange would not face the death penalty in the United States.[44]

Ambassador photo

Grenell was a regular contributor on Fox News's Tucker Carlson Tonight during the first few months of his ambassadorship in Germany. In November 2018, he appeared on the show and repeated his criticism of Angela Merkel's immigration policies. Grenell compared Merkel unfavorably to the recently-elected Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz, who (according to Grenell) "won in a very big way" because of his strict stance on immigration. The magazine Der Spiegel called these remarks a "thinly veiled call for a change of government in Berlin".[1]

In December 2018, during the affair surrounding Der Spiegel journalist Claas Relotius, Grenell wrote to the magazine, complained about an anti-American institutional bias, and asked for an independent investigation.[45][46][47]

In January 2019, Grenell told Handelsblatt that European companies participating in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline are "always in danger, because sanctions are always possible". The Trump administration has long opposed the Russian-backed Nord Stream 2, a pipeline for delivering natural gas from Russia to Germany.[48] Grenell also threatened to sanction German companies involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2.[49]

Der Spiegel published a profile of Grenell on January 11, 2019, using interviews with 30 “American and German diplomats, cabinet members, lawmakers, high-ranking officials, lobbyists and think tank experts". The magazine claimed that "Almost all of these sources paint an unflattering portrait of the ambassador, one remarkably similar to Donald Trump, the man who sent him to Berlin. A majority of them describe Grenell as a vain, narcissistic person who dishes out aggressively, but can barely handle criticism." The profile claimed that Grenell was politically isolated in Berlin because of his association with the far-right Alternative for Germany Party, causing the leaders of the mainstream German parties—including the Chancellor herself—to avoid contact with him.[1] The sources claimed that Grenell knew little "about Germany and Europe, that he ignores most of the dossiers his colleagues at the embassy write for him, and that his knowledge of the subject matter is superficial".[1]

In February 2019, it was announced that Grenell was leading the Trump administration's newly formed effort to promote the decriminalization of homosexuality in nations in which homosexuality was illegal.[50]

In March 2019, Wolfgang Kubicki, Vice President of the Bundestag and deputy chairman of the Free Democratic Party, called for Grenell to be expelled from Germany. Kubicki said, "Any U.S. diplomat who acts like a high commissioner of an occupying power must learn that our tolerance also knows its limits."[51]

In January 2020, Lev Parnas told The Daily Beast that he was told to ask Grenell for advance notice if the DoJ were to move to extradite indicted Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash.[52][53]

Among other actions as ambassador, Grenell pressured Germany to take a tougher stance against Iran and Hezbollah.[54]

Grenell has said he would resign as ambassador once a full time DNI was confirmed.[55][56][57] On May 25, 2020, after John Ratcliffe was confirmed, Grenell confirmed he would resign as ambassador in the coming weeks.[58][59][60]

Special presidential envoy for Serbia and Kosovo peace negotiations

In October 2019, Trump named Grenell a special envoy for Serbia and Kosovo peace negotiations.[61]

Appointment

Acting Director of National Intelligence

On February 20, 2020, Trump appointed Grenell to the post of Acting Director of National Intelligence, replacing Joseph Maguire.[9][62] The next day, Maguire and his deputy, Andrew Hallman, resigned from the ODNI.[63] As an acting director, Grenell is not subject to Senate confirmation. He would have been required to leave on March 11, 2020, unless a permanent replacement was nominated before then, in which case until his replacement is confirmed by the Senate.[64] The White House press release stated that Grenell had "years of experience working with our Intelligence Community in a number of additional positions";[65] however, this assertion was disputed by others who asserted Grenell had little background in intelligence matters.[66][67][68] The New York Times reported that Grenell would keep his position as ambassador to Germany while serving in his new role.[69] Republican Senator Susan Collins, who was one of four co-authors of the legislation creating the ODNI in 2004, said: "I care deeply about that position and believe the person needs experience in the intelligence community, which regrettably Ambassador Grenell does not have."[70] Grenell indicated that he would not be taking the Director of National Intelligence job on a permanent basis.[71] He is considered a staunch Trump loyalist.[72][73][74]

The following day, Kash Patel — a National Security Council official and former aide to congressman Devin Nunes — was named a senior advisor to Grenell.[75]

Six days prior to Grenell's appointment, Maguire deputy Shelby Pierson—the intelligence community's top election security official—advised members of the House Intelligence Committee that Russia was interfering in the 2020 election in an effort to get Trump re-elected. Trump chastised Maguire for allowing the briefing, concerned that Democrats might "weaponize" the information against him.[73][76][77]

On February 23, 2020, Trump indicated that he would be appointing a new U.S. Ambassador to Germany.[71]

Grenell is the first openly gay person to serve in a U.S. cabinet-level position.[4]

On February 28, 2020, Trump announced the nomination of U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe to the post of Director of National Intelligence. The nomination allowed Grenell to stay on as acting director pending Ratcliffe's confirmation. [78]

The Washington Post reported on March 10, 2020, that Grenell declined to attend a congressional hearing on election security that day, "citing apprehension about his preparedness to address sensitive subjects that tend to upset the president."[79]

On April 2 and 15, 2020, Grenell acted to declassify several footnotes in a report on FISA abuse released by DOJ Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz.[80][81] He also played a role in the release of 57 transcripts of Russia probe interviews by the House Intelligence Committee.[82][83][84] On May 12, 2020, Grenell declassified the names of Obama administration officials who unmasked Michael Flynn,[85][86] and on May 19, 2020, Grenell declassified an email that Obama's national security advisor Susan Rice sent to herself.[87]

Grenell enacted a hiring freeze at ODNI and considered ways and ordered a review of the agency's personnel and mission.[88] On April 29, 2020, he ordered each intelligence agency to review their policies on handling and sharing information on U.S. citizens.[89][90] On May 8, 2020, Grenell announced a reorganization of ODNI including a consolidated cyber office among other changes,[91][92] Grenell considered implementing policies to reduce intelligence-sharing with countries that criminalize homosexuality.[93] and he announced organizational changes to the National Counterterrorism Center on May 15, 2020.[94] Also on May 15, 2020, Grenell announced that ODNI would lead election security threat briefings for 2020 presidential candidates, replacing the FBI.[95][96][97]

With the confirmation and installation of his permanent replacement, John Ratcliffe, in May 2020, Grenell ceased being acting Director.[98] On the day his tenure ended, Grenell declassified several documents related to the Russia probe.[99]

Personal life

Grenell is a registered Republican.[100]

In June 2013, Grenell revealed that he had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and started chemotherapy.[101] In September 2013, Grenell announced that he was in remission.[102]

Grenell has a longtime partner, Matt Lashey.[32]

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