                                            
would conduct inquiries, or had already been conducting inquiries, into Russian
interference in the election. Then-FBI Director James Comey later confirmed to Congress
the existence of the FBI&#x2019;s investigation into Russian interference that had begun before the
election. On March 20, 2017, in open-session testimony before HPSCI, Comey
stated:
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