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House And Senate Intel Committees Begins Russia Hack Inquiry

Wednesday, January 25th, 2017

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House And Senate Intel Committees Begins Russia Hack Inquiry

The bipartisan leadership of both the House and Senate Select Intelligence Committees said this week they have started inquiries into Russian hacking and interference in the U.S. election.House Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and Ranking Member Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Wednesday the committee has started the inquiry specifically into underlying intelligence used to draft the Intelligence Community (IC) Assessment, “Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections.”The committee has already started to receive documents but the leaders said “we trust that…

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