John Lee Ratcliffe^[5] (born October 20, 1965) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the congressman for Texas‘s 4th district since 2015.

He has been regarded as one of the most conservative members of Congress.^[6] He is a prominent Trump supporter.^[7] President Donald Trump announced on July 28, 2019, that he intended to nominate Ratcliffe to replace Dan Coats as Director of National Intelligence (DNI),^[8][9] but abruptly withdrew his name five days later.^[10] Ratcliffe withdrew after Republican senators raised concerns about him, former intelligence officials said he might politicize intelligence, and media revealed Ratcliffe’s embellishments regarding his prosecutorial experience in terrorism and immigration cases.^[11][12][13]