Moulton Calls for Independent Commission to Investigate Russian Interference in Election

January 8th, 2017

“Russia’s direct interference in our elections undermines the very foundations of our democracy”

 

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) released the below statement regarding a newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The report provides evidence that confirms Russian hacking and meddling in order to influence the outcome of the 2016 electoral process.

“This report provides hard evidence from our nation’s top national security agencies that Putin personally ordered an ‘influence campaign’ aimed at helping Donald Trump get elected President,” said Moulton. “Russia’s direct interference in our elections undermines the very foundations of our democracy, and it is disturbing that our President-elect has refused to acknowledge this. By refusing to accept the evidence, Donald Trump is endangering our citizens, service members, diplomats, and intelligence professionals. He is not acting in the national security interests of the United States. Americans deserve to know the truth, and that’s why I co-sponsored the Protecting our Democracy Act, legislation to create an independent, bipartisan, and public commission to investigate Russian interference and develop policy to prevent this from happening again.”

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