Coons: Have you seen any intelligence assessment or any open-source reporting that would support the idea that Ukraine interfered in our 2016 election? Coons: Are you aware of any U.S. diplomat or executive branch official who is asserting publicly that Ukraine interfered in our 2016 elections? Coons: And would it be in the interests of securing our 2020 election to continue distracting the American public, American legislators, from that demonstrated Russian intent to interfere? Hale: Well again, I said that I have seen no credible evidence about these allegations of Ukraine. So again, as foreign policy practitioners, our focus is not there, it is on the Russian problem.

Source: Washington Post December 04, 2019 15:11 UTC