GOP senator: FBI 'effectively meddled' in 2016 election

Sen. Josh Hawley said top officials at the FBI essentially attempted to alter the outcome of the 2016 election when they misled a federal court in an attempt to obtain warrants to surveil President Trump’s campaign.

“Is it worse to have a foreign government trying to meddle in our elections, or is it worse to have our own government meddling in the election?” the Missouri Republican asked Wednesday during a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. “[This report] shows that our government … effectively meddled in an ongoing presidential campaign.”