Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and fbi director Christopher Wray held a News Conference wednesday evening on Election Security. Director ratcliffe said Voter Registration information has been obtained by iran and russia in an attempt to push misinformation. Here is the briefing. Good evening. The president has instructed the intelligence and lawenforcement communities to ensure that the 2020 elections are the safest and most secure in our nations history. We take that mandate and responsibility seriously. There is nothing more sacred in our republic than the fundamental democratic principle of one person, one vote. It is our duty to ensure the sanctity of u. S. Elections. That includes ensuring the security of voting systems. The Intelligence Communitys role is to assess the intentions, capabilities, and actions of foreign adversaries. Our duty also includes empowering the American People to understand information or perhaps, more accurately, disinformation that they
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Streaming of cspans debate coverage. Director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe, and fbi director, christopher wrays, held a News Conference wednesday evening on Election Security. He said some Voter Registration information has been obtained by iran and russia in an attempt to push ms. Information. Heres a briefing here is the briefing. Good evening. The president has instructed the intelligence and lawenforcement communities to ensure that the 2020 elections are the safest and most secure in our nations history. We take that mandate and responsibility seriously. There is nothing more sacred in our republican the fundamental democratic principle of one person, one vote. It is our duty to ensure this entity of u. S. Elections. That includes ensuring the security and voting the security of voting systems. The role of the Intelligence Community is to assess the intentions, capabilities, and actions of foreign adversaries. Our duty also includes empowering the American People to un
You know, i know the president spent some time in erie last night and apparently he complained about having to travel here. He cut the event short. Poor guy. I dont feel that way. I love coming to pennsylvania. You guys delivered for me twice, and i am back here tonight to ask you to deliver the white house for joe biden and Kamala Harris. I want to thank mr. Philadelphia, charlie mack, his rie, what ania ma outstanding lady. Those of you who are fathers who have daughters, you know how that feels when you see your daughters just shining. I know a little bit about that. Was great to see representatives brendan boyle, mary scanlon, governor tom wolf, attorney general josh shapiro. Philadelphia, we have 13 days. That is our lucky number. 13 days until the most important election of our lifetimes. And you dont have to wait for november 3 to cast your ballot. Youve got two ways to vote right now. Number one, you can vote early in person through next tuesday. How many people anybody here vo
Our republican the fundamental democratic principle of one person, one vote. It is our duty to ensure this entity of u. S. Elections. The role of the Intelligence Community is to assess the intentions, capabilities, and actions of foreign adversaries. Our duty also includes empowering the American People to understand information or perhaps more accurately this information that they are seeing, particularly in the internet, and make informed decisions for themselves. With that in mind, we would like to alert the public that we have identified that two foreign actors, iran, and russia, have taken specific actions to influence Public Opinion relating to our elections. First, we have confirmed that some Voter Registration information has been obtained by iran, and separately, by russia. This data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion, sow chaos, and undermine your confidence in american democracy.