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Kirsten Gillibrand: “President Trump eliminated every aspect of [the ODNI's]…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Questions Jay Clayton on Election Security and Accepting 2020 Results

Published | Video Starts at 00:31

And President Trump was very concerned that somehow his election was not on the up and up. And so what he did in response when he became President Trump eliminated every aspect of [the ODNI's] oversight of the election process from cyber threats. You had personnel that were very knowledgeable about cyber threats, especially foreign influence. There were personnel at cisa, there were personnel at the FBI, and they were all fired. (00:31–00:42)

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Asserts that President Trump removed the ODNI's oversight of election cybersecurity.

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