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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri Sep 14, 2018, 07:53 AM Sep 2018

FBI Director Says Midterm Elections Will Be Fair [View all]

Source: PoliticalWire

September 14, 2018 at 7:11 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

FBI Director Christopher Wray “assured Americans that they could have confidence in the U.S. election system during the November midterm elections despite efforts from the Russian government to undermine it,” Politico reports.

Said Wray: “‘I think Americans can have confidence in our election system. What the Russians do is sow both inaccurate information, disinformation, it’s a kind of information warfare, and then propaganda: exaggerated half-truths, distortions.”

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Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2018/09/14/fbi-director-says-midterm-elections-will-be-fair/

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FBI Director Says Midterm Elections Will Be Fair [View all] DonViejo Sep 2018 OP

How can he say that we dont know the depth of their hacking Fullduplexxx Sep 2018 #1

+1 Power 2 the People Sep 2018 #13

Not that I have any confidence in his ability to make that statement with confidence DFW Sep 2018 #2

Not exactly FBI jurisdiction bucolic_frolic Sep 2018 #3

Good Luck with that. djacq Sep 2018 #4

Unless we go back to using paper ballots Ohiogal Sep 2018 #5

Paper, Not Vapor! NOW! lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #9

+ 1 red dog 1 Sep 2018 #17

And by the way, I've put a big discount on this bridge here... n/t malthaussen Sep 2018 #6

Okay......................Chief................ march over to the Dept. of Homeland Security turbinetree Sep 2018 #7

Sessions made him lie like this. lark Sep 2018 #8

+ 1 red dog 1 Sep 2018 #18

I'm not so worried about Russia, it's republicans cheating. blueinredohio Sep 2018 #10

Hahahahahahahahahahaha The Liberal Lion Sep 2018 #11

FBI Director Says Midterm Elections Will Be Fair To Republicans 0rganism Sep 2018 #12

Whew! That's a relief. I was really worried for a while, but now I know we are in good hands. Midnight Writer Sep 2018 #14

Yeah ok Joseph Snyder Sep 2018 #15

Welcome to DU! red dog 1 Sep 2018 #16

That's a nice statement, Mr. Wray, however, excuse us for not believing it. red dog 1 Sep 2018 #19

Can I just come right out and say it? He's full of shit. YOHABLO Sep 2018 #20

Gee, I feel totally confident now. old guy Sep 2018 #21