when the washington post story about russian involvement in our election was posted online friday night, it was nothing less than explosive. the cia included the russians interfered. further, in september, the white house wanted congressional leaders to sign off on a statement supporting efforts to support the integrity of the election. two republican lawmakers including senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who was not persuaded by the cia conclusion would not sign on to it. this is not about the results of the election. it s about a hostile foreign government trying to influence our election. just as the russians had been accused of doing in germany and italy just in the last two weeks. as stunning as the conclusion, equally remarkable was donald trump s decision to side with the foreign government over our own chief intelligence agency. donald trump declared war on the intelligence community in a statement filled with hyperbole