So there's a slight difference here in what you're saying, Sean. First of all, thank you for having me on. It's great to see you. The intelligence community assessed in the months leading up to that November 2016 election that yes, Russia was trying to interfere in our election by sowing discord, chaos, but stating over and over again that Russia did not appear to have any preference for one candidate over the other. They viewed both as equally bad for Russia's interest. The big shift that happened around what is now commonly known as Russiagate was after the election in early December, President Obama called a meeting of his National Security Council leadership. (01:19–01:39)
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Asserts that the intelligence community assessed Russian interference in the 2016 election without candidate preference.
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