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'Inexplicable and shameful': Clinton blasts delay of report on Russian interference in Brexit vote
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/11/12/inexplicable-shameful-hillary-clinton-blasts-delay-report-russian-interference-brexit-vote/
By Rick Noack
November 12, 2019 at 8:11 a.m. EST
Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton blasted a delay in the publication of a report on possible Russian interference in British democratic processes as “inexplicable and shameful.”
The report is now expected to be published after Britain’s Dec. 12 election, which is likely to determine if Prime Minister Boris Johnson can find a parliamentary majority for his deal with the European Union to leave the bloc. Johnson has been a key proponent of Brexit during the past four years.
Speaking to the BBC, Clinton addressed British voters, saying: “Every person who votes in this country deserves to see that report before your election happens.”
It is unclear what exactly the report will say, but Brexit opponents hope that the report — written by Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee and based on details collected by British spy agencies — could contain evidence of Russian interference ahead of the 2016 referendum in which Britain voted to leave the European Union. It is also expected to include details on the 2017 election in which then-Prime Minister Theresa May lost her Conservative Party majority in parliament, among other aspects, according to the BBC.
The British government argues the withholding of the report until after the election is not unusual and is not meant to suppress details that would raise doubts over the legitimacy of the Brexit referendum and a general election the following year.
The document is expected to be presented to the Parliament, but lawmakers do not convene in the weeks before general elections.
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By Rick Noack
November 12, 2019 at 8:11 a.m. EST
Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton blasted a delay in the publication of a report on possible Russian interference in British democratic processes as “inexplicable and shameful.”
The report is now expected to be published after Britain’s Dec. 12 election, which is likely to determine if Prime Minister Boris Johnson can find a parliamentary majority for his deal with the European Union to leave the bloc. Johnson has been a key proponent of Brexit during the past four years.
Speaking to the BBC, Clinton addressed British voters, saying: “Every person who votes in this country deserves to see that report before your election happens.”
It is unclear what exactly the report will say, but Brexit opponents hope that the report — written by Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee and based on details collected by British spy agencies — could contain evidence of Russian interference ahead of the 2016 referendum in which Britain voted to leave the European Union. It is also expected to include details on the 2017 election in which then-Prime Minister Theresa May lost her Conservative Party majority in parliament, among other aspects, according to the BBC.
The British government argues the withholding of the report until after the election is not unusual and is not meant to suppress details that would raise doubts over the legitimacy of the Brexit referendum and a general election the following year.
The document is expected to be presented to the Parliament, but lawmakers do not convene in the weeks before general elections.
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