FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday said President Trump hasn’t directed him to stop Russian efforts to interfere in this year’s midterm elections.
“We’re taking a lot of specific efforts to blunt Russian efforts,” Wray said when Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) asked if he’d been directed by Trump to do so.
“As directed by the president?” Reed interjected.
“Not as specifically directed by the president,” Wray responded.
Wray — along with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, National Security Agency Director Adm. Mike Rogers and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats — spoke at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about threats to U.S. national security.
Reed asked each official whether they had received specific direction from Trump to blunt Russian meddling efforts during future elections. The officials indicated they had not received that directive from the president, but that Trump expects them to carry out their intelligence duties, including getting ahead of threats from Russia and others.
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FBI chief: Trump hasn't directed me to stop Russia from meddling in 2018 midterms https://t.co/NjOjPkgn2o pic.twitter.com/u8anD95f70
— The Hill (@thehill) February 13, 2018
WATCH: @SenJackReed asks FBI Director Wray and intel chiefs if @realDonaldTrump has directed them or their agency to take specific actions to confront and blunt Russian influences activities that are ongoing. Their answers are not surprising. pic.twitter.com/JSQyql7Drd
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) February 13, 2018
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