Russians still trying to interfere in US elections every ‘way they can’: Republican senator
Sen. James Lankford questions retired Vice Adm. Joseph Maguire during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing, to become the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, on Capitol Hill, on Thursday Washington
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Russians still trying to interfere in US elections every ‘way they can’: Republican senator originally appeared on abcnews.go.com A Republican member of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Americans need “to be very aware that the Russians are trying to interfere in our election” any way they can “regardless of who the candidate is.” Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford told ABC News “This Week” Co-Anchor Martha Raddatz that Russia’s aim is to disrupt American elections, including in the upcoming 2018 midterms. The senator said the U.S. has to “be very aware that the Russians are trying to be able to interfere in our elections every other way they can to be able to harvest information and then to be able to use that against our democracy.” Raddatz asked Lankford about a report in The Daily Beast that the Russian intelligence agency targeted the office of Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri as she began her 2018 re-election campaign. There is no evidence that the hacking attempt was successful. McCaskill said in a statement last week that she “would not be intimidated” by Russia.
Russians still trying to interfere in US elections every ‘way they can’: Republican senator originally appeared on abcnews.go.com A Republican member of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Americans need “to be very aware that the Russians are trying to interfere in our election” any way they can “regardless of who the candidate is.” Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford told ABC News “This Week” Co-Anchor Martha Raddatz that Russia’s aim is to disrupt American elections, including in the upcoming 2018 midterms. The senator said the U.S. has to “be very aware that the Russians are trying to be able to interfere in our elections every other way they can to be able to harvest information and then to be able to use that against our democracy.” Raddatz asked Lankford about a report in The Daily Beast that the Russian intelligence agency targeted the office of Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri as she began her 2018 re-election campaign. There is no evidence that the hacking attempt was successful. McCaskill said in a statement last week that she “would not be intimidated” by Russia.
