> admiral maguire is a very talented man. in the past, the president has praised the acting director of national intelligence. sources tell us the president believed democrats would use the information from the briefing against him. > reporter: according to another report in 'the washington post,' the president called in then-acting director of national intelligence joseph maguire to the oval office for a, quote, dressing down last friday. adam schiff is a vicious, horrible person. 'the times' reports the briefing infuriated president trump, especially the presence in the briefing of adam schiff, the democrat who led the impeachment in the house. > reporter: tonight, 'the new york times' reports intelligence officials told the house intelligence committee, in a classified briefing, that, quote, russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get president trump re-elected. abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl leading us off. and tonight, multiple reports now, that move came after the president learned maguire's staff had briefed leaders in congress. the president announcing in just the last 24 hours that acting director joseph maguire would be replaced.

we already reported here he removed his acting director of national intelligence.

and tonight, abc news has confirmed that angered the president. And we begin tonight with that developing headline involving the president and russia, and a new intelligence report that says russia is right now reportedly trying to help the president get re-elected.

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