'The intelligence community's consensus is that Russia continues to try to influence our election,' Wray told the House Homeland Security Committee. He also said the FBI regards Antifa as more as a 'movement' or ideology rather than a terror group.
"Some Kremlin-linked actors are also seeking to boost President Donald Trump’s candidacy on social media and Russian television," the the counter-intelligence analysis concluded.
The earlier report also concluded that China viewed Trump as"unpredictable" and prefers that he not win re-election, while noting that Iran was working to foment division and undermine Trump in advance of the November election.Wray also addressed recent violence that has shadowed social justice demonstrations prompted by police-involved shootings.
While Wray said that a majority of the demonstrations have been"peaceful," he acknowledged that the FBI had opened a number of investigations into suspects who have been drawn to violent extremist agendas, from those who have identified with the far left anti-fascist movement known as antifa to racially-motivated groups and militia organizations.
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