The House Homeland Security Committee held a classified briefing on election security this morning:
Members have begun to trickle in for 8am classied briefing on election security. House Homeland Security Committee @RepMcCaul and @JimLangevin have arrived.
— Martin Matishak (@martinmatishak) May 22, 2018
@FBI Director Chris Wray has arrived. Word is @ODNIgov Coats is already inside.
— Martin Matishak (@martinmatishak) May 22, 2018
But it looks like the 8:00 a.m. start was a little too early for members of Congress:
Two minutes after the classified brief was set to start, it's safe to say the event is sparsely attended. Could still change though. And key players have shown up, like House Administration Committee chair @GreggHarper
— Martin Matishak (@martinmatishak) May 22, 2018
And @SecNielsen has arrived.
— Martin Matishak (@martinmatishak) May 22, 2018
I would estimate the number of House members in attendance to be less than 100. Others have shown up: @repgregwalden @RepSwalwell @JoaquinCastrotx @RepZoeLofgren @nikiinthehouse
— Martin Matishak (@martinmatishak) May 22, 2018
That’s a lot of no-shows!
House currently has 428 members total with 7 vacancies. https://t.co/v2I23DTxrm
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) May 22, 2018
Recommended
Congress really, really cares about election security, just not early in the morning?
today’s classified election security briefing invite was sent to all house members.
maybe the 8am start time was a bad idea? https://t.co/sQiWZcNR74
— kelly cohen (@politiCOHEN_) May 22, 2018
Update: It gets even worse:
Pretty poor showing at classified election security briefing for members of congress this morning. Attendees say perhaps 40-50 members showed up. Russian interference? ¯_(ツ)_/¯
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) May 22, 2018
***
Join the conversation as a VIP Member