John Ratcliffe sworn in as new director of CIA

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has sworn in John Ratcliffe as the nation’s CIA director, shortly after the Senate confirmed Ratcliffe on a vote of 74-25.

Ratcliffe was President Trump’s Director of National Intelligence in his first term.

The Texas Republican is a former federal prosecutor who emerged as a fierce Trump defender while serving as a congressman during Trump’s first impeachment, AP reports.