Economics
McConnell Warns Russia Against Meddling, Floats New Sanctions
- Some Senate Republicans push to rein in Trump after Helsinki
- Rubio, Van Hollen want stiff penalties if Russia interferes
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Amid a bipartisan uproar over President Donald Trump’s praise of Vladimir Putin, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned Russia against meddling again in U.S. elections and said his chamber might take up legislation targeting the country with more sanctions.
“The Russians need to know there are a lot of us who fully understand what happened in 2016 and it really better not happen again in 2018,” McConnell said at the Capitol Tuesday. Minutes later, Trump at the White House tried to walk back some of his comments by saying he accepted the U.S. intelligence assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.