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Rep. Meeks Issues Statement on Indictment of 12 Russian Operatives for DNC Hack

July 13, 2018

Washington, DCToday, Senior Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and Ranking Member of the Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats Subcommittee, Representative Gregory Meeks, issued the following statement concerning the 12 Russian operatives indicted by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and the Russian Investigation:

"Today's indictment against Russian military operatives, who were found to have hacked DNC servers to obtain data 500,000 American voters, is further proof of Russia's cloak and dagger interference into our elections. I am deeply disturbed by my GOP colleagues' continued efforts to derail this investigation, and their willful ignorance of the intelligence community's assessments. Make no mistake, our nation is under attack, and the GOP has been derelict in their duty to defend the United States.

"More concerning is the fact that President Trump was briefed earlier this week on the upcoming indictments, yet he nevertheless chose to lavish Putin with praise all week during the NATO summit, while denigrating our closest allies. Also of extreme concern is the timeline of these hacks, which occurred on or around the same day Trump publicly encouraged Russia to hack Hilary's emails.

"Trump encouraged the very espionage that aided his candidacy and, rather than take action to prevent future meddling, has instead promulgated conspiracy theories about a ‘missing' DNC server, which his own DOJ has explicitly disproven in court. It is time for all members of Congress to put their affiliation aside and come together as Americans to address the blatant threat to our security."