Law enforcement veterans think Trump's comments have “undone months of work” at the FBI to combat foreign intervention in elections
. Democrats have blasted the comments as expected, while Republicans, desperate not to publicly criticize the president, have attempted to deflect blame onto Democrats instead.
Politico's sources note the president's comments are likely to affect morale among the FBI ranks—“I cannot tell you how profoundly troubling this is to the core of my professional experience,” one former longtime national security official said—though his open invitation for foreign governments to contact him with so-called “oppo research” isn't likely to affect their operations right away. “U.S.
Intelligence agencies weren't the only ones in Washington grappling with Trump's comments Thursday. Lawmakers considered how to handle the president's flagrant disregard of election laws and norms, with Democrats continuing to come out
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