FBI Director Christopher Wray warns that Russia continues to threaten US elections, 16 months before the next presidential polls.
“The Russians are absolutely intent on trying to interfere with our elections,” Wray tells the Senate Judiciary Committee.
“My view is, until they stop they haven’t been deterred enough.”
US intelligence and special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation have documented a broad effort by Russian intelligence and a Russian social media group, the Internet Research Agency, to help Donald Trump and damage Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
Mueller’s report, released in April, documented extensive attempts by Trump’s campaign to cooperate with the Russians to bolster the real estate mogul’s chances.
With Mueller set Wednesday to testify to Congress about his high-stakes probe, Trump continues to deny that Russians interfered or that his election victory was helped by outside aid.
— AFP
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