FILE - In this June 28, 2019, file photo the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seal is seen during a news conference in Washington. An official at the Department of Homeland Security says he was pressured by agency leaders to suppress details in his intelligence reports that President Donald Trump might find objectionable, including intelligence on Russian interference in the election and the threat posed by white supremacists. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) APAP
As wildfires raged throughout western Oregon, claims of anti-fascists wanting to burn the suburbs and eviscerate rural populations spread.
The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office presented rumors of leftist violence as fact in at least two forums. Weeks later, the agency still hasn’t explained where the debunked information came from or why personnel deemed it credible enough to share publicly. But it fits within a broader political narrative being pushed from the highest office in the nation.
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