Collins, King Stress Need For Senates Russian Probe To Stay Nonpartisan

[TexasTowelie]

During the first of what is expected to be many public hearings over the next several months, members of the Senate Intelligence Committee heard from experts on past Russian efforts to influence elections around the world.

Those efforts have extra significance now, as Congress attempts to get to the bottom of Russian meddling during the last election without drifting into a partisan squabble.

Both of Maine’s senators serve on the Intelligence Committee, which plans to hold both public hearings and closed sessions to investigate Russian efforts to influence not only American elections but elections around the world. U.S. Sen. Angus King, an independent, says history is full of examples of Russian efforts to influence policies of other governments.

“What we saw in the 2016 election is absolutely consistent with prior Russian practice and current Russian practice in other parts of the world,” he says.

Read more: http://mainepublic.org/post/collins-king-stress-need-senate-s-russian-probe-stay-nonpartisan

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1. What the hell does non partisan mean? You want non partisan, get an independent investigator

Everything the republicans have done in the last 10 years is partisan