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John Cornyn: “We've known that our adversaries are trying to influence our…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Sen. Cornyn criticizes President Trump's speech

Published | Video Starts at 00:43

I mean, the president gets his president's daily brief. He's entitled to classified information. Now, some of this was declassified. But We've known that our adversaries are trying to influence our elections for a long time. Russians in 2016 know the Chinese, Iranians, North Koreans. Anybody who can try to sow discord in the United States, and particularly during our elections, is going to do that. But the bottom line is none of this is, would have changed the outcome. (00:43–00:56)

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Asserts that foreign adversaries, including Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, have attempted to influence U.S. elections.

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