State Department official David Hale testifies during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: The top US career diplomat yesterday unambiguously rejected a theory promoted by President Donald Trump that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 election.
Asked at a hearing by Democratic Senator Robert Menendez if he had evidence of Ukrainian meddling in the election, David Hale, the under secretary of state for political affairs, replied, “I do not.”
“No,” he replied when Menendez asked him if Russian meddling in the election was a “hoax,” a word often used by Trump.
“Yes, the intelligence community assessed that Russian …read more
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