RE: PRESS RELEASE: FEINSTEIN STATEMENT ON RUSSIAN HACKING

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• Document Creation Date: January 17, 2025
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• Case Number: F-2017-00086
• Publication Date: October 14, 2016

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The below press release is copyrighted and should be handled appropriately.
Oct 13 2016
Feinstein Statement on Russian Hacking
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Washington Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the following statement on
Russian hacking directed at the U.S. election system:
"Based on media reports I have seen and briefings I have received, I can only conclude
that the Russian government is attempting to interfere in our election with the goal of
electing Donald Trump.
"The hacking of political institutions, the recent hacking of John Podesta's email account
and the release of other faked documents are clear efforts to discredit the Clinton
campaign and represent yet another unacceptable step in what appears to be an attempt
by the Russians to fix this election. Every elected official and candidate in the United
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States, including Trump, should vocally and forcefully reject these efforts.
"I agree with the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Homeland
Security that only the senior-most government officials in Russia could have ordered this
effort, and it is up to President Putin to call it off. The administration should be
prepared to take forceful action to respond to Russian actions if President Putin is
unwilling to do so.
"Americans should not and will not stand for these illegal and illegitimate attempts by
the heirs of the KGB to corrupt our election system."
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