FBI boss Wray says Russia engaging in 'malign influence operations,'
Channel: Ruth's Empire
Date: 19/07/2018

FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday defended Special Counsel Robert Mueller as a “straight shooter,” and said the Russia investigation is no “witch hunt.”

Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado, Wray said he stood by his view that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election in some capacity and that the threat remained active.

“My view has not changed... Russia attempted to interfere with the last election and it continues to engage in malign influence operations to this day.”

He said the Kremlin's intentions then, and now, have been “aimed at sowing discord and divisiveness.”

Wray continued, “We haven’t yet seen an effort to target specific election infrastructure this time, but certainly other efforts I would call malign influence operations are very active. We could just be a moment away from it going to the next level.”