Hillary Clinton’s former campaign manager, Robbie Mook, is calling for a Congressional investigation into Russia’s interference in the US presidential election.
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“I think (fake news) was a huge problem,” Mook said. “I think there’s a lot of things that we need to examine coming out of this. You just named one of them. Congress has got to investigate what happened with Russia here. We cannot have foreign, and foreign aggressors I would argue, intervening in our elections.”
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Most outside of members of the Republican Party believe that Russia’s meddling in the election needs to be investigated by Congress. The problem is that no one knows how deeply Russia interfered with the election. It is certain that they did interfere, but the degree is unknown.
The American people deserve to know what happened during the election. Never has a foreign actor so blatantly interfered in the US electoral process. When even Hillary Clinton’s former campaign manager is calling for an investigation, it is an omen that they have their own suspicions that something was wrong with the 2016 election.
Democrats will be conducting their own investigations, and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has also expressed an interest in investigating Russia’s involvement. The Republican majority in Congress is likely to try to sweep this under the rug because they if they investigate, they may not like what they find.
Mook was correct. There needs to be an investigation. If Russia meddled with our election, the American people must have the truth as a first step in restoring the integrity of our electoral process.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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