‘Not a Russia-only problem’: Intelligence community disputes media’s 2020 interference reports

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National security officials told lawmakers on Tuesday the intelligence community has not concluded Russia is backing any particular 2020 candidate while warning about meddling from multiple countries.

The information that appeared in an unclassified fact sheet from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which coordinates the nation’s 17 intelligence agencies, rejects a stream of media reports on classified briefings on election security.

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