Senate Intelligence Committee leaders: Russia did interfere in 2016 elections
Source: The Washington Post
By Karoun Demirjian October 4 at 1:38 PM
The leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday largely endorsed the findings of the intelligence community that Russia sought to sway the 2016 U.S. elections through a hacking and influence campaign, and they called for a “more aggressive, whole-of-government approach” to ensure future elections aren’t similarly compromised.
“There is consensus among members and staff that we trust the conclusions of the ICA,” Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), the committee’s chairman, said at Wednesday news conference, referring to the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia was behind hackings of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign director John Podesta’s email account, and had attempted to exploit public opinion by sowing false information, much of it through fake social media accounts. “But we don’t close our consideration of it,” he added.
Burr also stressed that “the issue of collusion is still open,” and would not be resolved until the committee’s work was done. He said that a deadline for the committee was the looming start of the 2018 primary season. “We’ve got to make our facts, as it related to Russia’s involvement in our election before the primaries getting started in 2018,” Burr said.
“You can’t walk away from this and believe that Russia’s not currently active,” he added.
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