Democrats Push For Election Protections After Mueller Russian Indictments
  • 6 years ago

The mammoth indictment issued by special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday sparked a wave of Democratic calls to shield November’s midterm vote from foreign interference — but only scattered GOP demands for stronger safeguards. The divided response to the charges against 13 Russian nationals for a long-running, well-funded bid to influence the 2016 election underscores lawmakers’ difficulty in agreeing on any legislation to counter Moscow’s disruption campaign.
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