Andrew McCabe and James Clapper on Election Interference

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🗓️ 22 October 2020

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Chris discusses Russian and Iranian interference in the 2020 election with Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Then, Chris previews the final presidential debate before the election with Dana Bash and Timothy O'Brien. Chris wraps up the show with Dr. Sanjay Gupta on the CDC's revised definition of "close contact." To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right. Thank you, Anderson. I am Chris Cuomo and welcome to Primetime. We have breaking
0:05.5	news on our watch. Both Iran and Russia are actively interfering with our election right
0:12.1	now. This comes from the head of our intelligence community just tonight.
0:18.9	You would like to alert the public that we have identified that two foreign actors,
0:25.1	Iran and Russia have taken specific actions to influence public opinion relating to our elections.
0:33.6	We have already seen Iran sending spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters in sight,
0:42.0	social unrest, and damage President Trump. Now we reported last night on those emails from what
0:49.0	looked like a proud boys' account. They were sent to voters in Florida and elsewhere,
0:54.2	threatening them to vote for Trump. Officials say those were not from the proud boys. The proud
0:59.9	boys themselves have denied any involvement in this, but are officials say they are from Iran.
1:07.6	But then the director of national intelligence also said there was an additional motive to hurt
1:13.5	Trump. We've seen no evidence of that and none was offered. The House Homeland Security Committee
1:19.8	tweeted this in response, do not listen to Ratcliffe partisan hack and followed up to say that
1:26.6	Americans should listen to the FBI director instead. Now about the emails we have seen,
1:33.3	our government says again, Iran is behind messages like this. I say it twice because a lot of you
1:39.1	are getting them. And yes, they are threatening whether you're in Florida or Alaska or wherever
1:44.2	they're going now. It is not from the proud boys according to Iran. All right. Now you will see
1:51.2	threats in these emails. If you don't vote for Trump, we have your information, we know where you
1:55.9	live, we will come after you. A lot of people who are getting these have already voted,
2:01.0	but still very scary to receive one, I'm sure. The choice to use the proud boys is also relevant.
2:07.7	It is proof that the president's influence at home and abroad is real because he talked this group
2:14.4	up and he made them a target of opportunity for our enemies. Remember his message to the hateful
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