Senate Intel Committee backs assessment of Russian election meddling

The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday backed the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to aid President Donald Trump and is continuing its efforts to undermine U.S. democracy.

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An unclassified report that reveals Russia meddled in far more extensive ways than previously known is yet another strong rebuke to Trump and many of his allies who continue to cast doubt on findings from the intelligence community that Moscow carried out an operation to help his candidacy and hurt Hillary Clinton.

“As numerous intelligence and national security officials in the Trump administration have since unanimously re-affirmed, the [Intelligence Community Assessment] findings were accurate and on point,” said Mark Warner (D-Va.), vice chairman of the Intelligence Committee, in a statement on Tuesday. “The Russian effort was extensive and sophisticated, and its goals were to undermine public faith in the democratic process, to hurt Secretary Clinton and to help Donald Trump.”

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