In August 31st of 2016, a DHS official tells the former head of the DNI, Clapper, that there was, quote, no indication of a Russian threat to directly manipulate the actual vote count. That was in August. September 2, 2016. The FBI said it was, quote, uncomfortable implying that there was definitive information that Russia intends to disrupt our election choices. September 9, 2016, the intelligence community concluded, quote, that Russia was probably not trying to influence the election by using cyber means that September of 2016. Fast forward to December of 2016. (00:40–00:52)
CLAIM
Asserts that the FBI was hesitant to claim definitive Russian intentions to disrupt elections in September 2016.
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