Russia Will Try Meddling with U.S. Elections Again, Comey Says

Russia waged a conspicuous campaign to undermine the American political process and will continue attempting to do so in coming years, top intelligence and law enforcement officials told lawmakers Monday.

The assessment from FBI director James Comey came midway through a five-and-a-half hour House Intelligence Committee hearing, during which Comey confirmed that the FBI is investigating potential coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia.

"[The Russians] were unusually loud in their intervention," Comey said. "It is almost as if they didn't care that we know what they were doing, or that they wanted us to see what they were doing. It was very noisy."

The intelligence community reported in January that Russia waged a cyber and disinformation campaign to undermine faith in the democratic process, discredit Hillary Clinton, and help Donald Trump's campaign.

"It might be that [the Russians] wanted us to help them by telling people what they were doing," Comey continued. "By telling the American people what we saw and freaking people out about how the Russians might be undermining our elections successfully."