Skip to main content

REP LIEU STATEMENT ON POTENTIAL DOJ CHARGES AGAINST RUSSIA FOR HACKING

November 2, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the Wall Street Journal reported that six members of the Russian government were directly involved in stealing sensitive information from Democrats in order to influence the 2016 election.

"As a computer science major, I want to see the U.S. government take cybercrimes and cyberwarfare seriously. Those of us that can read and understand facts have known for many months that the Russian government was involved in hacks and a sophisticated influence campaign designed to affect the 2016 election. There are congressional investigations into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin, and the President himself may be under investigation by the Special Counsel.

The President's repeated tweets, which are official statements, intentionally mislead the public about the true source of the hacks. Trump has received classified briefings on the Russian hacking and knows full well the source of the hacks. Trump's intentional lies may constitute even more obstruction of justice. Meanwhile, Trump still hasn't signed off on the bipartisan congressional sanctions on Russia. I wonder why."