# Michael Ellis
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Kind: **person**

Also written as: CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis · Ellis

## Involved in

- [Michael Ellis is a lawyer and former Trump White House official rather than a career intelligence officer.](https://truthscore.com/claim/27d6eae9)
- [Beijing's Counter‑Espionage Law invocation converts Michael Ellis's remarks into an explicit legal warning rather than an operational pivot.](https://truthscore.com/claim/614aa448)
- [Michael Ellis's unusually public declaration that Chinese companies are "legitimate targets" represents a deliberate policy signal, not an inadvertent…](https://truthscore.com/claim/d05cd9ad)