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Jim Risch: “Those of us that work in the intelligence community, it didn't come as a surprise.”

On the recordJune 7, 2017
Those of us that work in the intelligence community, it didn't come as a surprise.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch highlights that intelligence professionals were aware of Russian interference.

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