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Pence says intel community concluded Russia did not affect election
By Morgan Chalfant - 02/14/18 02:01 PM EST
Vice President Pence on Wednesday said the U.S. intelligence community universally concluded that Russia did not have an effect on the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, despite the fact that officials have made no such judgment.
Irrespective of efforts that were made in 2016 by foreign powers, it is the universal conclusion of our intelligence communities that none of those efforts had any impact on the outcome of the 2016 election, Pence said at an event hosted by Axios, a claim he later repeated.
Pence went on to acknowledge that Russia did attempt to meddle in the election and said that the administration is taking steps to counter the threat.
It doesnt mean there werent efforts, and we do know there were, Pence said. There were efforts by Russia, and likely by other countries, to involve or influence American elections and we take that very seriously.
The U.S. intelligence community has not reached a conclusion on whether Russian meddling actually had any bearing on the election's outcome.
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RKP5637
(67,108 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)I'll believe it when I see it. My guess is that most of these crimes will go unpunished.
Donald, Mike, Jared, Ivanka, Sessions, they're all untouchable. They know they're going to skate, which is why they're not worried at all.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)He spoke with a couple of stooges who are on the Trump team and settled for that as a consensus.