FBI’s Foreign Influence Taskforce readies for 2020 while Russia is 'upping its game'

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday the Kremlin is “upping its game” for interference in the American presidential race and that his agency needs more people and resources to combat it.

Wray told a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Tuesday the FBI’s countertampering efforts are being led by the Foreign Influence Taskforce, created in the wake of the 2016 presidential election. The task force can help push back against the ongoing interference efforts by Russia and other foreign adversaries.