The Senate Intelligence Committee has determined the U.S. intelligence community was correct in assessing Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election with the aim of helping then-candidate Donald Trump, contradicting findings House Republicans reached last month. President Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg last year. The Senate Intelligence Committee released its findings on Wednesday that Russia had interfered in the 2016 election to help Trump’s chances of victory, breaking with House Republicans. [House Intelligence Committee Republicans release final Russia report]Although the Senate Intelligence Committee has yet to weigh in on the collusion allegations, Burr and Warner have hinted for days that their panel’s interim findings on the intelligence community would depart from those reached by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee. House Democrats, who roundly disagreed with the House GOP’s findings, praised the Senate Intelligence Committee’s conclusions.

Source: Washington Post May 16, 2018 16:32 UTC