Our national elections are about seven months away, and plenty of Americans are worried that

President Trump may indeed, as he said, take control.

Meanwhile, we are not receiving the traditional indications or warnings of foreign intelligence

efforts to interfere in those elections.

Hi, everyone is 5 o'clock here in New York. I'm Alicia Menendez in for Nicole Wallace.

An alarming set of warnings from Congressman Jim Himes, as Democrats grow increasingly concerned

that Donald Trump and his administration may weaponize our national security apparatus

in order to subvert the 2026 midterm elections.

That warning from Congressman Himes came during a House Intel Committee hearing,

where he pressed Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, on her role in the Trump's FBI raid of Fulton County's election offices.

Just watch.

Director Gabbard, as was well covered yesterday in January, you were present at the execution

of an FBI warrant at the Fulton County, Georgia election office, at the direction of the president

and to all appearances in connection with the president's false claims about the 2020

election. The unsealed affidavit submitted by the FBI made zero reference to foreign powers or outside

interference.

I don't want to relitigate the reasons why you were there, but I do want to know

whether as a result of your visit there is credible intelligence in your possession

pointing to foreign interference in Georgia in the 2020 election?

Thank you for the question, ranking member.

As you know, over each of the previous elections, there is an ongoing effort by different

foreign entities to try to interfere in our elections.

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