Central Intelligence Agency · DirectorIn office

Runs the CIA and its foreign intelligence work.

John Ratcliffe was appointed, not elected. This file tracks his money next to the markets he controls.

Foreign intelligenceCovert actionCounterintelligenceNational security

Official portrait of John Ratcliffe — John Ratcliffe

Nominated

Nov 12, 2024

by President Trump

Sworn in

Jan 23, 2025

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Term

Serves at the President's pleasure

File A - The money · pendingHis federal financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) is not on our books yet. We publish it the day it clears our checks - never before.

File B - The power

What he controls

The CIA collects foreign intelligence, produces analysis, and carries out covert action when directed. Its work can shape national-security decisions that affect defense, technology, energy, and overseas markets.

File C - Before this office

Career

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas · U.S. House 2015-2020 · Director of National Intelligence 2020-2021