By
Bridget Johnson
February 2, 2018
WASHINGTON -- Senate Armed
Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) lashed out at GOP
colleagues today for "doing Putin's job" with attacks on the FBI and
Justice Department.
“In
2016, the Russian government engaged in an elaborate plot to interfere
in an American election and undermine our democracy. Russia employed the
same tactics it has used to influence elections around the world, from
France and Germany to Ukraine, Montenegro, and beyond," McCain said in a
statement. "Putin’s regime launched cyberattacks and spread
disinformation with the goal of sowing chaos and weakening faith in our
institutions. And while we have no evidence that these efforts affected
the outcome of our election, I fear they succeeded in fueling political
discord and dividing us from one another."
McCain, whose comments came as the House Intelligence Committee Republicans released a memo
alleging FISA violations in the FBI's surveillance of Trump campaign
aide Carter Page, declared that the "latest attacks on the FBI and
Department of Justice serve no American interests – no party’s, no
president’s, only Putin’s."
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