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Dem Senators Want FBI To Explain Response To Russian Hacking Of Election Systems Firm

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, June 12th, 2019

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Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) and Ron Woden (Ore.) on Wednesday asked FBI Director Christopher Wray to explain the bureau’s response to a hacking effort by Russia against a U.S. firm that makes election systems software. In their June 12 letter, the senators cite then-Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s partially redacted report this spring revealing Russian intelligence officers targeting the voting technology VR Systems, which along with other election technology companies had been alerted by the FBI during the 2016 presidential…

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