A Senate report affirms conclusions that Russia interfered in the 2016 election in an influence campaign approved by Putin and aimed at helping Trump win.
“With the 2020 presidential election approaching,” Burr said, “it’s more important than ever that we remain vigilant against the threat of interference from hostile foreign actors.”The Senate report calls the agencies’ assessment an “impressive accomplishment” and endorses its core conclusions that Russia interfered on a grand scale in the election and that Putin directed the interference.
The Senate investigation also delved into an internal debate at the time about how and whether to incorporate into the intelligence community assessment details from a dossier of research from a former British spy, Christopher Steele, that the FBI relied on as it sought warrants to eavesdrop on a former Trump campaign aide.Officials eventually decided to include the information as a two-page annex to the most classified part of the assessment.
He said he had a recollection of telling former CIA Director John Brennan that he considered the information from Steele to be “relevant” and that it “ought to be part of the consideration.”Although largely praising the assessment, the Senate report does say it could have done a better job of looking at previous election interference.
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