WASHINGTON, July 21 — The US Congress appears to be the target of a foreign disinformation campaign aimed at influencing lawmakers' activities and the upcoming presidential contest, top Democrats said in a letter released today. In the letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray dated July 13, House...
Tuesday, 21 Jul 2020 09:22 AM MYT
WASHINGTON, July 21 — The US Congress appears to be the target of a foreign disinformation campaign aimed at influencing lawmakers' activities and the upcoming presidential contest, top Democrats said in a letter released today. The nature of the disinformation campaign was not made clear, although the letter referred to the threat as serious and specific.
One congressional official said the Democrats' letter was prompted by an accumulation of intelligence. The official declined to discuss in detail any of the specific intelligence reporting or analyses that raised such concerns. A second congressional official said a classified addendum was sent alongside the letter that drew mainly from the US government's own reporting.
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