Security News > 2020 > February > FBI Official: Russia Wants to See US 'Tear Ourselves Apart'
Russia wants to watch Americans "Tear ourselves apart" as the United States heads toward elections, an FBI official warned Monday.
Porter spoke at an election security conference on Capitol Hill just days after conflicting accounts emerged of a closed-door briefing intelligence officials had given to House lawmakers on threats from Russia and other nations in the 2020 election.
The FBI formed the Foreign Influence Task Force after widespread interference by Russia in the 2016 presidential campaign.
"To put it simply, in this space, Russia wants to watch us tear ourselves apart, while it seems that China would rather manage our gradual economic decline over the course of generations," Porter said.
One intelligence official said lawmakers were not told that Russia was working directly to aid Trump.