Sentences with phrase «alleged election interference»

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Congressional investigators are currently looking into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.

In October, Facebook turned over to Congress copies of 3,000 ads that it were most likely bought by people in Russia, and in November, representatives from Facebook — as well as Google and Twitter — testified before the congressional committees investigating Russia's alleged interference in the election.

Russian stocks tumbled after a federal grand jury indicted Russian actors for alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Schiff said the Obama administration should have acted more forcefully in responding to alleged Russian election interference when first made aware of the intelligence community's assessment prior to the November 2016 vote.

The U.S. Treasury handed down the penalties on seven Russian oligarchs, 12 businesses and 17 Russian government officials, in response to what it described as their involvement in Russia's «malign» activities, ranging from military involvement in Ukraine and Syria to cyber crimes and alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

«Papadopoulos» interaction with Russian agents, coupled with real - time evidence of Russian election interference, provided the Court with a broader context in which to evaluate Russia's clandestine activities and Page's history and alleged contact with Russian officials,» the document said.

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he has no intention to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, who is leading a probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and alleged collusion by the Trump campaign.

America imposed fresh sanctions on Russia in early August, building on previous penalties that focus on interference in the 2016 U.S. election, human rights violations, the annexation of Crimea and the alleged destabilization of eastern Ukraine.

Despite his protestations regarding alleged Russian interference in the election, the President has been steadfast in emphasizing the need for stronger cybersecurity, and this is not likely to change.

At the very least, the reports are leading to some Republican lawmakers to call on Sessions to step aside in the ongoing investigation of Russia's alleged interference in the U.S. election last year.

Schneiderman's opponent in the fall elections is one of those raising questions about whether the attorney general, who was key to the formation of the ethics commission, could have been more involved and done something to stop alleged interference in probes by Cuomo's aides.

The boycott comes after Georgia Rep. John Lewis last week said he did not see Trump as a legitimate president, pointing to alleged Russian interference in the election.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday he would remove himself from involvement in any probe related to the Trump campaign after lawmakers called for him to recuse himself from an investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

The NPR Two - Way blog will provide live coverage of the House Intelligence Committee's public hearing on the investigations into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.

Trump's former campaign chairman and two other Trump associates have agreed to an interview with the House committee probing alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election, as a partisan divide and the actions of the panel's leader threatened to derail the inquiry.

Comey is back in the crosshairs of Democrats, who say he hasn't been forthcoming with congressional investigators probing alleged Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election, a situation that could jeopardize their ability to study whether the Kremlin colluded with anyone connected to Trump.

Rep. John Lewis, who drew Trump's ire after questioning the legitimacy of the 2016 election because of Russia's alleged interference in it, avoided mentioning the president - elect by name at an MLK event in Florida as he called on young people to stand up when they perceive injustices.

Hillary Clinton has compared Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election and her subsequent loss to Trump with the devastation of 9/11.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's opponent in the fall elections is one of those raising questions about whether the Attorney General, who was key to the formation of the ethics commission, could have been more involved and done something to stop alleged interference in probes by Governor Cuomo's aides.

The Nunes memo alleges that the FBI may have relied on «politically motivated or questionable sources» to obtain a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant in the early phases of the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Anyhow, Zuckerberg then immediately conceded that in 2016, Facebook did not do a good job at protecting its community from alleged Russian interference in the lead - up to the November federal elections.

Around the time Bannon was denying his knowledge of Cambridge Analytica's alleged activities, AP reported that special counsel Robert Mueller would investigate the firm's ties to Trump's campaign as part of his ongoing probe into Russian election interference.