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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMitch McConnell Rejects Growing Calls For Select Panel On Russia Hacks
The majority leader wants to keep the probe limited to Congressional committees, which Democrats say will limit the scope of the investigation.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) rejected growing bipartisan pressure to create a select committee to investigate suspected Russian cyberattacks and the role they played in the American election.
Theres no question that the Russians were messing around in our election, he told Kentucky Educational Television on Monday night. It is a matter of genuine concern and it needs to be investigated.
McConnell added that he believed Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), the Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, and Mark Warner (D-Va.), the incoming ranking member of the panel, were fully capable of handling the matter.
Burr outlined steps last week that his committee would take to review the intelligence that led U.S. intelligence officials to accuse Russia in October of hacking the Democratic National Committee. The panel would interview government officials from the outgoing Obama administration and incoming Trump administration, using subpoenas to force testimony if needed, he said.
Theres no question that the Russians were messing around in our election, he told Kentucky Educational Television on Monday night. It is a matter of genuine concern and it needs to be investigated.
McConnell added that he believed Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), the Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, and Mark Warner (D-Va.), the incoming ranking member of the panel, were fully capable of handling the matter.
Burr outlined steps last week that his committee would take to review the intelligence that led U.S. intelligence officials to accuse Russia in October of hacking the Democratic National Committee. The panel would interview government officials from the outgoing Obama administration and incoming Trump administration, using subpoenas to force testimony if needed, he said.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mcconnell-russia-hack_us_58592fbae4b08debb78af1c8
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Mitch McConnell Rejects Growing Calls For Select Panel On Russia Hacks (Original Post)
spanone
Dec 2016
OP
deminks
(11,203 posts)1. What is McTurtle hiding?
Sen. Burr is quite capable of diverting us from McTurtle's traitorous acts.
The chairman notably made no mention of the more recent intelligence assessments that reportedly found Russian hacking efforts were aimed at boosting President-elect Donald Trumps chances of winning the election.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mcconnell-russia-hack_us_58592fbae4b08debb78af1c8
madamesilverspurs
(15,984 posts)3. CYA, Mitch? (rhetorical question)
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smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)4. Traitor!
Eff you Mitch!
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)5. Watch Comcast/NBC/MSNBC/CNBC to
Purge any and all on Air Talent who spoke ill of Trump.
uponit7771
(91,187 posts)6. Yeap, figures... so many people were correct about Turtle McFuckLips! No wonder we were hacked on...
... election night.