As was reflected in the ODNI documents that we released on Friday, multiple intelligence community assessments released in the months leading up to the November 2016 election concluded that Russia had neither the intent nor capability to impact the outcome of the US election. On December 5 of 2016, the FBI and ODNI gave the House Intelligence Committee its first post election classified briefing in which there was no mention of Putin aspiring to elect Trump by either agency. The Presidential Daily brief drafted on December 8th of 2016 stated that no Russian or criminal actors impacted vote counts. This document was pulled just hours before it was to be published due to quote unquote new guidance. (15:51–16:05)
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Asserts that a briefing to the House Intelligence Committee did not mention Putin's preference for Trump.
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