Washington (CNN) The top US intelligence official on election security says that foreign adversaries are exploiting lies by President Donald Trump in their campaigns to influence the 2020 election. Mail-in voting is a favorite target of Trump's, who has routinely spread false information on the way many Americans plan to vote during the pandemic. Evanina made clear that he has not seen any intelligence that foreign countries are "manipulating or attempting to manipulate any mail by vote systems or processes." FBI director Christopher Wray provoked Trump's anger last month when he stated Russia is "very actively" working to "denigrate" Trump's opponent former Vice President Joe Biden. Evanina also said he's never been told to withhold intel or change findings and that he'd quit if that happened.

Source: CNN October 08, 2020 13:30 UTC