2016 ELECTIONS/CONGRESS/GOP/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Russia ran an information warfare campaign to disrupt the 2016 U.S. presidential election, but there is no evidence that President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with Moscow, Republicans on a congressional panel said in a report released on Friday [4-27-18]. The findings of majority Republicans on the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee were immediately challenged by minority Democrats following a year of rancorous disputes on a panel whose role is to oversee intelligence agencies in a spirit of bipartisanship. Republicans, over Democratic objections, voted in March to end the committee’s investigation of election meddling. The 253-page report was seized on by Trump, a Republican, who posted its conclusions on Twitter and repeated his view that the Russian investigation is ‘A total Witch Hunt! MUST END NOW!’ despite probes by a U.S. special counsel and other congressional committees that are still open. Trump has repeatedly denied receiving help from Moscow for his election campaign. The Kremlin denies meddling in the election. The heavily redacted Republican report contains little new information about Russia’s election interference or the Trump teams contacts with Russia.”
–Warren Strobel, John Walcott, “Russia ran U.S. election interference, no Trump collusion: panel Republicans,” Reuters, April 27, 2018 7:05 am