Who Is To Blame?
“Make no mistake: This threat did not begin in 2016, and it certainly didn’t end with the election,” said Sen. Mark R. Warner. “What we are seeing is a continuous assault by Russia to target and undermine our democratic institutions, and they are going to keep coming at us.”
He squarely pointed fingers at the President and this could be a concern for Trump. Trump had on many occasions called the Russian investigation a witch hunt and said “no collusion.”
However failure to act could be considered a sign of collusion or weakness on his part.
“Despite all of this, the president inconceivably continues to deny the threat posed by Russia,” Warner continued. “He didn’t increase sanctions on Russia when he had a chance to do so. He hasn’t even tweeted a single concern. This threat demands a whole-of-government response, and that needs to start with leadership at the top.”
There was an assessment given on the matter and it was clear that there was need for concern.
A portion of that report read like this:
“We assess that the Russian intelligence services will continue their efforts to disseminate false information via Russian state-controlled media and covert online personas about U.S. activities to encourage anti-U.S. political views.”
If this was true then more effort was certainly needed to combat such a threat.
