Sources confirm to @CBSNews that senators were briefed this fall on Russian operatives' efforts to deflect attention from the influence campaign Moscow waged in 2016 -- they included, in part, the seeding and amplification of narratives that Ukraine was the one to meddle.
Some of those narratives have been repeated by the President and his Republican supporters in recent weeks, and arose during the public impeachment hearings and closed-door witness depositions held this month.
Dr. Hill testified -- and the intelligence community has consistently warned -- that Putin has long had the aim of stoking political tensions and social divisions in the United States.
Hill also said on Thursday that the Russian government would seek to "delegitimize our entire presidency" and try to undermine "whoever became president." Had Clinton been elected, Hill said, she, too, would have faced campaigns designed to call her legitimacy into question.
U.S. intelligence officials believe Russia will continue to employ these and other disinformation tactics ahead of 2020.
Dr. Hill also testified about a repeat effort from Russian security services, warning, "We are running out of time to stop them."
Dr. Hill also testified about a repeat effort from Russian security services, warning, "We are running out of time to stop them."
