The incoming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called for a congressional investigation into Russian interference in the U.S. election, and said it was “imperative” that the intelligence community handed over relevant information. His statement comes after the Washington Post reported Friday that a secret CIA assessment found that Russian actors had sought to boost President-elect Donald Trump over his opponent, Hillary Clinton.
“Reports of the CIA’s conclusion that Russia actively sought to help elect Donald Trump are simultaneously stunning and not surprising, given Russia’s disdain for democracy and admiration for autocracy. The silence from Wikileaks and others since election day has been deafening,” Schumer said. “That any country could be meddling in our elections should shake both political parties to their core. Senate Democrats will join with our Republican colleagues next year to demand a congressional investigation and hearings to get to the bottom of this. It’s imperative that our intelligence community turns over any relevant information so that Congress can conduct a full investigation.”
Democrats had previously called for more investigation into the cyber-intrusions during the presidential campaign, which included the release of emails from Clinton’s campaign staff and Democratic Party officials. Some GOP lawmakers have also called for congressional hearings on Russian interference, though other Republicans have been skeptical of Russia’s role.
I predict most of this will go down the memory hole before Trump, or any Republicans, suffer the least little bit of a loss to reputation, credibility, trust, or anything else. The only way this will get serious attention from Republicans is if somebody unearths that the Kremlin’s Hackers found a Clinton email ordering pizza.
trump spreads so much crap out there on a daily basis it’s hard to deal with it b4 the swirl swooshes…
Pretty telling how the Wikileaks about Clinton’s e-mails stopped cold dead right after the election.
There has not been single one since.
Any investigation will be blocked by the current GOP or slow-rolled due to the incoming administration to the point it will never happen. The only way for this to move forward is our intel community releasing as much of the information they have to the public. It already looks like McConnell and Comey actively took part in disrupting a fair election at the very least. We may never see them properly investigated by Congress, but we can at least get their behaviour out and public.
It’s a sad sign of the times this story hasn’t taken off and run on its own. Perhaps the only way this story gains legs is if all Dems stubbornly, aggressively and incessantly scream scandal like Republicans have done with their various pseudo-scandals.