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## Video: FBI Director Christopher Wray Says Russia Continues to Sow Discord in the U.S.

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_Published 2018-07-19. FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday that Russia continues to use fake news, propaganda and covert operations to “spin up” Americans on both sides of hot-button issues to sow discord in the United States._


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## Transcript

The intelligence community's assessment has not changed. My view has not changed, which is that Russia attempted to interfere with the last election. And that it continues to engage in blind influence operations to this day. Is there anything that would allow it to be called a witch hunt? I've been consistent. I got asked this a lot. I do not believe Special Counsel Mueller's on the witch hunt. I think it's a professional investigation conducted by a man that I've known to be a straight shooter and all my interactions with him in my past life in government and certainly since then. So I don't think it's a witch hunt

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