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The Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday released a wide-ranging report that detailed Russia's hacking of US election infrastructure during the 2016 election, urging states and the federal government to do more to prevent election cyber attacks in the future.
Thursday's release comes as Republicans and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell prevented a vote on several pieces of election security legislation. McConnell and Republicans in the Senate have twice in 24 hours blocked the advancement of bills aimed at strengthening election security just hours after former special counsel Robert Mueller warned of the continued threat that foreign powers interfering in US elections.
The 67-page bipartisan report concluded that the Russian government "directed extensive activity against US election infrastructure" from 2014 through 2017, and that the Russian efforts "exploited the seams" between the federal authorities and states. It also found that DHS and FBI warnings to the states in 2016 were insufficient.
The report also found that all 50 states were targeted. Bipartisan efforts in recent days have repeatedly brought election security bills to the floor to urge a vote, but they have been blocked by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in concert with other Republicans.
(R)ight: Famous betrayer Judas Iscariot
Mitch McConnell center with yellow tie
Thursday's release comes as Republicans and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell prevented a vote on several pieces of election security legislation. McConnell and Republicans in the Senate have twice in 24 hours blocked the advancement of bills aimed at strengthening election security just hours after former special counsel Robert Mueller warned of the continued threat that foreign powers interfering in US elections.
The 67-page bipartisan report concluded that the Russian government "directed extensive activity against US election infrastructure" from 2014 through 2017, and that the Russian efforts "exploited the seams" between the federal authorities and states. It also found that DHS and FBI warnings to the states in 2016 were insufficient.
The report also found that all 50 states were targeted. Bipartisan efforts in recent days have repeatedly brought election security bills to the floor to urge a vote, but they have been blocked by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in concert with other Republicans.
(R)ight: Famous betrayer Judas Iscariot
Mitch McConnell center with yellow tie
