• Former DHS chief Chad Wolf delayed an intel report on Russian election interference, a watchdog report said.
• The report includes a whistleblower complaint that said Wolf ordered him to "kill it."
• The watchdog said the delay, and other changes to the report, risked politicizing the intelligence process.

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A Trump-appointed Department of Homeland Security chief stalled a key report on Russian interference in the 2020 election and politicized the intelligence process, a government watchdog said.

The report from DHS' Office of the Inspector General, which was published on April 26, said that between April and October 2020, Chad Wolf, then the department's acting secretary, intervened in the release of a dossier on Russian media attempts to question the mental health of Joe Biden, the then-Democratic nominee.

The OIG report includes allegations made by Brian Murphy, the former DHS under secretary for intelligence and analysis, who filed a wide-ranging whistleblower complaint in September 2020.

It included Murphy's allegation that the intelligence report was altered to help then-President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, and concluded that the intelligence process was...

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