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U.S. Intelligence Chiefs Claim Russia Planning to Meddle in 2018 Election

HeadlineFeb 14, 2018

U.S. intelligence officials claimed Tuesday that Russia is likely planning to meddle in the U.S. 2018 midterm elections. This is U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats.

Dan Coats: “We expect Russia to continue using propaganda, social media, false flag personas, sympathetic spokesmen and other means to influence, to try to build on its wide range of operations and exacerbate social and political fissures in the United States. There should be no doubt that Russia perceive that its past efforts as successful and views the 2018 U.S. midterm elections as a potential target for Russian influence operations.”

The intelligence community’s warnings during Tuesday’s Senate Intelligence Committee hearings contradict President Trump, who has repeatedly cast doubt on whether Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election. Trump is currently under investigation for allegedly colluding with Russia ahead of the presidential election.

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