Krystal & Saagar: Wolf Blitzer SHOCKED When Barr Says China Interfering In Election More Than Russia

Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to ONDI's decision to end election interference briefings.

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[Brx]

These people need to realize quickly. .. AG. Barr is really smart... trying to back him into a corner would almost always backfire

[badbob]

Later in the interview Blitzer said " CNN gives fair and Balanced coverage." Barr just laughed.

[Khashmonet]

"The Intelligence Community". Uh huh.

[sepehrdaghbandan]

Why do they keep saying Iran? Is Iran a power like China and Russia?
You mean Iran is more influential than Israel, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria or any other country you name? They say it as if it's common sense and Iran is a super power!

[Username]

The look on Krystal's face at 4:02 was priceless.

[vestspet]

Happy Independence Day. Today is the anniversary of the Treaty of Paris. Thank you Ben Franklin, John Adams and John Jay.

[dadbear]

Free the only real journalist there is today, Julian Assange

[ryanlott]

these elite struggles are so maddening

[--Fenix--]

Krystals face when Saagar talked about the Pew poll was a genuine shocked reaction.

[Username]

it's not really that hard to believe, China has more on the table right now. Russia had more post Ukraine but now china is making more pushes geopolitically.

[lloydburley]

This is going to be the major problem with written briefings from the DNI to Congress and the inability to ask followup questions. Initially, the DNI tried to paint Iran and China as meddling in the elections as much as Russia, however, with followup questions it was clear that it was not to the extent as the Russians. The same thing here, with Barr being particularly "cute" and evasive. When he says China, what he means is China have a preference for Biden, they have also been targeting the trade sanctions at particular states run by Republicans, which they have been doing for the last couple of years, but this can indeed be interpreted as interfering in the Election, however, as the DNI concluded in January and the Senate investigation a couple of weeks ago, Russia is actively and aggressively trying to influence peoples votes. Wolf's lack of followup and Barrs evasion at answering the initial question has managed to produce the exact headline he was hoping for.

You need to look a little bit deeper than what these people are trying to show you to get a better picture.

[kramer]

4 fkn years and they are still talking about Russia

[TommyBeaux]

Perhaps if Americans stopped looking to blame other countries for their problems they might be able to fix a few of them.

[joefilter]

Krystal drinks the Kool-Aid yet she refuses to inject disinfectant!

Chyna, Chyna, Chyna

[tucfoto]

He forgot the country which interferes the most, the United States.

[burkejones]

I like how no matter who Barr is talking to he just looks at them like they are wasting his time. They generally are wasting his time.

[yojames]

krystal says she dosent really trust Barr? so she trusted Eric Holder? CMON MAN !

[anomad]

haha, they silent bleeped him at 1:19

[biglebowski]

Wolf and Barr, now that's a source I can trust.

[arammartirosyan]

Krystal's face at 4:05 has been me this whole year