Cybersecurity
Senate Panel Pledges Strong Russia Probe as House Stalls
- Senate Intelligence starts hearing as House panel is stymied
- Democrat Warner says Russian meddling wasn’t ‘fake news’
Senator Richard Burr prepares for a hearing in Washington on June 16, 2016.
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Leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee promised a thorough and impartial investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election at the opening of a public hearing Thursday, held as a House probe remained mired in partisan disputes.
"If we politicize this process, our efforts will likely fail," panel Chairman Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican, said in opening remarks at the in Washington. "The public deserves to hear the truth about possible Russian involvement in our elections."