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No Hoax: Bipartisan Probe Says US Intelligence Made Right Call on Russian
Election Meddling

Jeff Seldin

   WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence agencies got it right when they
   concluded Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election,
   ultimately, with the goal of helping then-candidate Donald Trump,
   according to a just-released report by U.S. lawmakers.

   The report Tuesday, by the Republican-led Senate Intelligence
   Committee, is the fourth volume to be published as a result of the
   committee's investigation into Russia and focused on the assessment
   made by thetop U.S. intelligence agencies following the 2016 vote.

   "The Committee found no reason to dispute the Intelligence Community's
   conclusions," Intelligence Committee ChairmanSen.Richard Burrsaid in a
   statement.

   The report comes at what some current and former U.S. officials see as
   a critical time for the intelligence community, which has been without
   a permanent leader since former Director of National Intelligence Dan
   Coats stepped down last September.

   And this past February, U.S. President Donald Trump forced out
   then-Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire, following
   reports a top aide warned lawmakers during a classified briefing of
   renewed Russian attempts to meddle in the upcoming presidential
   election in November.
   

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