{"id":2297,"date":"2018-02-16T20:11:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/16\/dnc-chair-on-newest-doj-indictments-in-russia-investigation\/"},"modified":"2018-02-16T20:11:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T20:11:00","slug":"dnc-chair-on-newest-doj-indictments-in-russia-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-chair-on-newest-doj-indictments-in-russia-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Chair on Newest DOJ Indictments in Russia Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>In response to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein&rsquo;s announcement that 13 Russian individuals have been indicted for interfering in our 2016 election, DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is a cold hard fact that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 election. We know for a fact that they hacked into the Democratic National Committee. We know for a fact that they hacked into voter registration systems across the country and used social media to sow discord and spread disinformation among voters. And we know for a fact that their goal was to help elect Donald Trump. Now, this indictment gives us a chilling look at just how sophisticated, well-funded and wide-ranging this attack on our democracy really was.&nbsp;It should send chills up the spine of every American.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yet, President Trump continues to deny these facts.&nbsp; And Republican in Congress continue to spread falsehoods to tarnish the very investigation that is beginning to hold Russia accountable for its actions in 2016.&nbsp;In fact, just this week, we learned that Trump hasn&rsquo;t directed his senior intelligence officials to take any action to prevent future Kremlin attacks &ndash; which those same officials all agree are inevitable in the 2018 midterms and beyond. If the president won&rsquo;t uphold the oath he took to protect our nation&rsquo;s security, he has no place in the Oval Office.&nbsp;And if Republican leaders in Congress can&rsquo;t put the interests of our democracy before politics, they have no place in Congress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This investigation has grave implications for the integrity of our democracy. Donald Trump and his Republican enablers&rsquo; efforts to discredit it only embolden Russia and makes them all accomplices to future attacks on our elections.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein&rsquo;s announcement that 13 Russian individuals have been indicted for interfering in our 2016 election, DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement: &nbsp; &ldquo;It is a cold hard fact that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 election. 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