Democrats to Trump: Russia is behind the 2016 hacks. Cancel your Putin meeting.

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Democrats to Trump: Russia is behind the 2016 hacks. Cancel your Putin meeting.
“Get your butt on a plane back to the United States.”
By Li [e-mail] Jul 13, 2018, 4:50pm EDT


A growing number of Democrats are calling on President Donald Trump to cancel his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday in the wake of special counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of 12 Russian intelligence operatives.

Mueller’s indictment alleges that Russian spies were behind high-profile hacks of the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and the computer networks of Hillary Clinton’s campaign. It also explicitly accuses them of engaging in election interference.

Trump is scheduled to meet with Putin one-on-one in Helsinki on Monday. It’s a summit many Democrats would rather not happen, especially under these circumstances.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY) argues that Trump should abandon the meeting unless Russia makes a clear commitment to steer clear of future US elections.

“President Trump should cancel his meeting with Vladimir Putin until Russia takes demonstrable and transparent steps to prove that they won’t interfere in future elections,” he said in a statement. “Glad-handing with Vladimir Putin on the heels of these indictments would be an insult to our democracy.”

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (MA), Cory Booker (NJ), and Jack Reed (RI) were among the others to echo this sentiment, with Warren urging Trump to “cancel your ridiculous Putin summit and get your butt on a plane back to the United States.”

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“In light of this stunning indictment by the Justice Department that these Russian conspirators attacked our democracy and were communicating with Americans to interfere in our election, President Trump should immediately cancel his meeting with Vladimir Putin,” added Reed, the ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

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https://www.vox.com/2018/7/13/17569328/trump-putin-meeting-democrats-mueller-indictment-election-hacking

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