Browder's testimony, which received relatively little coverage, is extraordinary with a senator calling it one of the Senate Judiciary Committee's "most important" hearings.
In it he describes a Russian system of government that operates in the shadows using corruption, blackmail, torture and murder - all led by Vladimir Putin.
Browder said: "Effectively the moment that you enter into their world, you become theirs."
"Yes," Reed replies. "I think — I think he's crazy," apparently referring to the president. "I mean, I don't say that lightly and as a kind of a goofy guy."
"I'm worried," Collins replies.
"Oof," Reed continues. "You know, this thing — if we don't get a budget deal, we're going to be paralyzed."
"I know," Collins replies.
"[Department of Defense] is going to be paralyzed, everybody is going to be paralyzed," Reed says.
"I don't think he knows there is a [Budget Control Act] or anything," Collins says, referring to a 2011 law that defines the budget process.
"He was down at the Ford commissioning," Reed says, referring to President Trump's weekend event launching a new aircraft carrier, "saying, 'I want them to pass my budget.' Okay, so we give him $54 billion and then we take it away across the board which would cause chaos."
Hackers tried to infiltrate South Carolina's voter registration system nearly 150,000 times on Election Day 2016, according to a South Carolina State Election Commission report that was reported on by The Wall Street Journal.
South Carolina, which President Trump won easily during the election, did not find evidence that would suggest the attempted breaches were successful, the paper reported.
The publication said most of the hacking attempts in South Carolina likely came from automated computer bots.The report comes as the federal probe into Russian election meddling and alleged ties between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin continues.
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Donald Trump Jr. received an email on June 3, 2016, promising dirt on Hillary Clinton. The information was described as being part of Russia's support for his father's presidential bid. His reply? "I love it." Read the full story