London (CNN) British officials are "almost certain" that "Russian actors" sought to interfere in last year's general election, the UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Thursday. Covertly-acquired government documents were amplified online, Raab said, describing the activity as "completely unacceptable." Documents relating to a UK-US Free Trade Agreement were leaked and published on the online forum website Reddit before the December 2019 election. Raab said there was "no evidence of a broad-spectrum Russian campaign," but said the issue was the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation. The announcement came amid a controversy over the reestablishment of Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee, which has been dormant since the 2019 election and is sitting on an unpublished report about Russian interference in British politics.

Source: CNN July 16, 2020 13:34 UTC