US Senate Intelligence Committee Report Confirms Russia’s Extensive Meddling In 2016 US Elections

Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) CO-CHAIR and Richard Burr (R-NC) CHAIRMAN

On the 3rd day of July 2018, the 15 member US Senate Intelligence Committee comprised of 8 republicans and 7 democrats issued a bipartisan report , unanimously confirming the US IC community’s conclusions that Russia at the direction of its President Vladimir Putin, did indeed meddle extensively in the 2016 US elections. In addition the Senators’ work product verified that Russia’s interference was designed to help Donald Trump win the presidency.

The report does reference the Christopher Steele 35 page dossier, only to state that it did not inform the intelligence community’s assessment “in any way,”

This report was publicly released late on a day before a major US holiday, the 4th of July’s US Independence Day, to lessen its news worthy impact as it is counter to the republican President Donald Trump’s assertions that he’s still not convinced that…