McCabe: You Have the Possibility that Russians Will Interfere in the U.S. Elections to Help Republicans Opposing Aid to Ukraine

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McCABE: "Well, it‘s a great question, and I would suspect that intelligence and law enforcement officials aren‘t perfectly clear on that. But I think the added incentive to Russians to intervene is likely supercharged in this election because of the way the politics in the United States play out around support to Ukraine. So you have one side, the Republicans, many of whom are opposed to continuing U.S. military support and financial support to Ukraine, and the Democrats who are generally supportive of it. So along those battle lines, you have the possibility of the Russians being incentivized to actually intervene in a way that would help Republicans who would be adverse to additional Ukraine aid if elected, and to hinder the prospects of Democrats. So, the general motivations are always there, but in this cycle but we think it‘s probably even more important to them."