Cotton: Buzzfeed, CNN Reports Unsubstantiated, Should Never Have Been Published

‘It’s not surprising that hostile foreign adversaries try to conduct espionage and influence operations against the United States’

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COTTON: "First I want to stress as you stressed, Wolf, the claims published this week ought not to be published are completely unsubstantiated and unconfirmed. I also want to say it’s not surprising that hostile foreign adversaries try to conduct espionage and influence operations against the United States. That includes against our leaders. Presidents, presidents elect, members of Congress, this is something the FBI has as its core mission. It is our counter intelligence agency and is designed to detect these kinds of operations. It also informs leaders. The FBI has informed me of such matters about myself in the past. This — "

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