Reuters: Democrats target Russia, Trump in report on election interference
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. lawmakers called on President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday to treat foreign election interference as a national crisis, setting up a single agency to coordinate the response and establishing a new class of sanctions to quickly punish those responsible.
Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee released a report on Wednesday detailing what they described as nearly two decades of Russian efforts to influence elections elsewhere in Europe, and criticizing Trump for doing too little to address the issue.
Senator Ben Cardin, the committee’s ranking Democrat, commissioned the report after Trump’s surprise November 2016 election victory. The report was released a year after U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Russia interfered in the campaign to benefit Trump, the Republican candidate, and undermine Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
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WNU Editor: The U.S. Democrat Senate report is here.
More News On U.S. Senate Democrats Claiming Russia Has Been Interfering In U.S. And Foreign Elections For Two Decades
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Dems warn of Russian election interference across Europe -- The Hill
Democrats warn US remains vulnerable to Russian election interference -- UPI
Everything we know so far about Russian election meddling in Europe -- Washington Post
Trump Hasn't Bothered To Protect the US From More Russian Meddling, Says Report by Democrats -- Newsweek
Senate Democrats Accuse Trump of Failing to Confront Russian Threat -- VOA
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