What To Know About John Ratcliffe, Trump's Pick For Cia Director

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he would appoint John Ratcliffe to serve as CIA director in his new administration.

Here are four things to know about the Republican tapped to lead the U.S. government's premier spy agency

Stint No. 2 in the Trump administration

Ratcliffe served as director of national intelligence for the final months of Trump's first term, leading American spy agencies during the coronavirus pandemic and as the U.S. government contended with foreign efforts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.

His past experience in intelligence makes him a more traditional pick for the job, which requires Senate confirmation, than some rumored loyalists pushed by some of Trump's supporters.