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Former CIA Officer Evan McMullin Says He’ll Make Third-Party Presidential Run

HeadlineAug 09, 2016

Another third-party candidate has jumped into the 2016 race: former CIA officer Evan McMullin, who announced Monday he’ll run for president as an independent. A Utah native, McMullin also served as the former chief policy director of the House Republican Conference. He said he is strongly opposed to both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but that Trump is “a real threat to our republic.”

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