Thread by @kyledcheney

TODAY: Chris Wray and National Counterterrorism Center Director Chris Miller testify on threats to the homeland — including foreign election threats and homegrown extremism.

As expected, Chad WOLF has not shown up despite a subpoena from Chairman Bennie Thompson.

THOMPSON begins the hearing by going over a timeline of his effort to secure Wolf's testimony.

Wolf bowed out last week, citing his formal nomination to the job by Trump, which he said makes him unable to testify.

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Thompson notes that Wolf has appeared multiple times on Fox in recent days despite saying he couldn't testify to the House Homeland Security Committee.

WRAY reaffirms that there are "very active efforts" by Russia to influence the 2020 election, primarily to "denigrate Vice President Biden" and damage what they see as an "anti-Russia establishment" in the United States.

Rep. BISHOP asks Wray whether the FBI is scanning the Venmo accounts and cash sources of arrested rioters to determine how they're being financed.

Wray answers broadly, says there are many investigations into sources of funding and supplies are being targeted.

NEW: WRAY affirms that Russia is undertaking "very active efforts" to interfere in the election and damage Biden.

He also says antifa is "not an organization" but an "ideology" or "movement." QAnon, he says, is a "complex set of conspiracy theories.

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WRAY under questioning from @RepSlotkin, says white supremacist violence is the largest part of the greatest domestic terrorist threat in the country: "racially motivated violent extremism."

@RepSlotkin WRAY, without mentioning that Trump is the loudest purveyor, says his greatest worry is that voters will believe "misinformation" that their votes are not secure:

"I worry people will take on a feeling of futility because of all the noise and confusion that’s been generated."