MR. McCABE, YOU HAD A FIVE-MINUTE OPENING STATEMENT. WE’RE AT 8:48. COULD YOU PLEASE WRAP UP.
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YES, SIR. I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH THE IMPORTANCE OF FOCUSING YOUR EFFORTS AND THE ATTENTION OF THIS NATION ON THE DANGERS OF FOREIGN INFLUENCE ON OUR ELECTION. THE RUSSIANS WERE SUCCESSFUL BEYOND THEIR WILDEST IMAGINATION IN ACCOMPLISHING THEIR GOALS IN 2016. THEIR SUCCESSES SERVE AS AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO OTHER HOSTILE NATIONS INTENT ON UNDERMINING OUR SECURITY, SAFETY AND STABILITY. THE RUSSIANS AND OTHERS WILL BE BACK. PLEASE DO NOT LET THE RECENT CALM OF THE 2020 ELECTION LURE THE NATION INTO A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY. IT IS UP TO YOU TO ENSURE THE NATION RECOGNIZES THE MAGNITUDE OF THE THREAT POSED BY FOREIGN ACTORS AND TAKE SUFFICIENTLY AGGRESSIVE STEPS TO ADDRESS IT. WITH THAT I’M HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.
WAIT A MINUTE. TIME-OUT. YOU GET A MEMO, AN INVESTIGATIVE LEAD IS WHAT THE CIA CALLS IT. ALLEGING THAT HILLARY CLINTON HAD JUST SIGNED OFF ON A PLAN TO TIE TRUMP TO RUSSIA FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES. HOW MANY PEOPLE LOOKED AT THAT, HOW MANY ACTS WERE ASSIGNED TO SEE IF IT WAS TRUE OR NOT? DID YOU KNOW ABOUT IT? DID YOU KNOW ABOUT IT?