Democrat Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation” that he is “disappointed” with CBS’s “senior management for covering the president’s speech alleging Chinese election interference “as news.” “I’m glad that most media treated it not as serious news,” Warner said. “There are so many falsehoods — where do you begin?”

DONALD TRUMP: This evidence shows that the election system we have dangerously exposes- and really exposes like levels never thought possible, to hacking, exploitation and foreign interference. MARGARET BRENNAN: Has your committee been given evidence to back up those claims that suggest a direct ability to interfere? SEN. MARK WARNER: No, absolutely not. And matter of fact, here is the- there are so many absurdities and falsehoods in Trump’s Thursday night speech, and I’m glad that most media treated it not as serious news. And I know some folks at your network- the journalists, I have huge respect for. I was disappointed that your senior management made the decision to cover it as news. There’s so many falsehoods where do you begin? You know, the only election that Trump is concerned about is 2020. That was the election that his administration was in charge of. Matter of fact, the director of national intelligence, Mr. Ratcliffe was DNI then. He’s CIA director now. If there was mistakes made, why is he CIA director? You know, he goes through this focus on China when he forgets or just omits the biggest country that tries to influence on every election is Russia. We’ve documented that time and again, and the complete conclusion of the intelligence community, 18 different agencies, said yes. Folks tried to influence, didn’t mean they changed any vote, and they sure didn’t interfere in the machinery. Now, when he talks about getting all these voter files, yes, you can buy those; they’re commercially available. What we should be more concerned about is the fact that China hacked into the OPM, which gives the background on all federal employees, or when they hacked into some of our insurance companies, and they’ve got personal information on- on each of us. But the idea that they and I would bet you a dozen other countries have bought up voter files, or knows in politics you don’t run in a state like mine. You know, I have to buy the voter file to figure out who to contact as my voters.

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