AND THE INTERNET FOR NBC NEWS.
I’VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO
THIS CONVERSATION ALL MORNING, I
HAVE TO TELL YOU BOTH.
KEN, I WANT TO START WITH YOU ON
NEWS THAT WE LEARNED.
WE JUST LEARNED THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
WHEN WOULD PUBLICATION OF AN
INTELLIGENCE MEMO WARNING THAT
LAW ENFORCEMENT OF A RUSSIAN
SCHEME TO PROMOTE MISINFORMATION
ABOUT JOE BIDEN’S MENTAL HEALTH.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?
>> YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT, JEFF.
IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, A DHS
SPOKESMAN HAS CONFIRMED TO ME
THE EXISTENCE OF THIS
INTELLIGENCE REPORT THAT WAS
PREPARED IN JULY BY DHS OFFICE
OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS
THAT LOOKED AT RUSSIA’S
PROPENSITY TO CREATE A
NARRATIVE, RAISING QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE HEALTH OF BOTH
CANDIDATES, BUT PARTICULARLY
DEMOCRATIC JOE BIDEN.
AND THAT’S BEEN PART OF A TRUMP
CAMPAIGN STRATEGY TO DO THAT AS
WELL.
THERE HAVE BEEN ADS.
THERE HAVE BEEN TWITTER
COMMENTARY RAISING QUESTIONS
ABOUT BIDEN’S HEALTH AND HIS
MENTAL CAPACITY.
WHAT DHS SAYS IS THAT THEY ARE
SITTING ON THIS REPORT BECAUSE
TOP OFFICIALS DID NOT BELIEVE IT
MET QUALITY STANDARDS.
BASICALLY, IT WASN’T WELL
SOURCED, WELL FOUNDED, A GOOD
REPORT.
OBVIOUSLY THAT IS A CLAIM THAT
NEEDS TO BE TESTED.
THERE’S SOME REPORTING OUT THERE
THAT SUGGESTS OTHERWISE.
IN FACT, DHS ANALYST FOUND WITH
HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT THIS WAS
GOING ON.
SO, WE’LL HAVE TO DIG INTO THAT
SOME MORE.
BUT IT COULD BE SEEN AS ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION SITTING ON
INTELLIGENCE THAT SPEAKS TO WHAT
RUSSIA IS DOING TO INTERFERE IN
