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In a phone call with Vladimir Putin, @realDonaldTrump again dismissed Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections as a “hoax” apnews.com/e74d18b39cdf4b…
According to the Special Counsel report, “[t]he Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion.” (Vol. I, p. 1) justice.gov/storage/report…
The Putin-linked Internet Research Agency (IRA) “carried out...a social media campaign designed to provoke and amplify political and social discord in the United States.” (Vol. I, p. 4) justice.gov/storage/report…
The Special Counsel’s office “identified dozens of U.S. rallies organized by the IRA,” including “a series of pro-Trump rallies in October 2016” targeting my own constituents in Pennsylvania. (Vol I, p. 29-31) justice.gov/storage/report…
In addition to this influence campaign, Russian military hackers known as the GRU engaged in “cyber intrusions...and releases of hacked materials damaging to the Clinton Campaign.” (Vol. I, p. 4) justice.gov/storage/report…
“The GRU stole hundreds of thousands of documents” from the Clinton Campaign and Democratic committees and “began disseminating stolen materials through the fictitious online personas ‘DCLeaks’ and ‘Guccifer 2.0.’” (Vol. I, p. 4) justice.gov/storage/report…
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence report clearly stated that Vladimir Putin personally “ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election” dni.gov/files/document…
And turned from seeking to “denigrate” Hillary Clinton to developing “a clear preference for President-elect Trump.” dni.gov/files/document…
Despite the findings of Robert Mueller and our intelligence community, @realDonaldTrump has demonstrated no willingness to lead on this.
His lack of action is a serious, dangerous dereliction of his sworn duty to protect our Nation “against all enemies, foreign and domestic." By refusing to act, he is making our country less safe.
Both parties must take action to stop Russia from interfering in the 2020 elections. The Senate should consider additional sanctions and other punitive actions against Russia.
Unfortunately, Congressional Republicans are complicit in allowing Trump to evade his duty to our Nation to stop Russian interference.
