The head of the CIA said that Russia has been interfering in the US elections for decades

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The CIA chief said Sunday that Russia and other countries are trying to undermine the US electoral process.

According to "Voice of AmericaThe next large-scale elections in the country will be held in November, when Republicans will try to retain control of Congress.

US intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia intervened in the presidential election of 2016 to help President Donald Trump win. Intervention, in particular, consisted of hacking and publishing electronic correspondence, which put Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in an awkward position, as well as propaganda в социальных сетях.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo said, speaking on the CBS channel, that Russian intervention is long-term in nature and continues. Pompeo, who spoke on the Face to the Nation Program, was asked if Moscow is attempting to undermine the elections in the United States at the present time.

“Yes, it goes on for decades. It still worries me, and the efforts of not only Russians, but also others, he said, without going into details. “We have many enemies who want to undermine Western democracy.”

Moscow denies any interference in the 2016 election of the year with the goal of helping the Republican Trump win. Special Prosecutor Robert Muller seeks to find out if any crimes were committed.

Trump's two former comrades-in-arms, former national security adviser Michael Flynn, and campaign officer George Papadopoulos, recognized Guilty of reporting false information to the FBI in connection with a Russian investigation. Trump denies any collusion of his campaign headquarters with Russia.

Trump sometimes made it clear that he agreed with the conclusions of the American intelligence services that Russia was trying to intervene in the election process, but in some other cases he said that he was accepting the refusal of Russian President Vladimir Putin to admit that Moscow had interfered.

Trump often talks about wanting will improvel relations with Putin, despite the fact that Russia has upset US policy in Syria and Ukraine and does not make special efforts to help Washington in its confrontation with North Korea.

Pompeo said that within the framework of the national security system, the CIA performs an important function of ensuring the security and democratic nature of elections in the United States.

“We are working hard on this. We will work against the Russians and any others who threaten this, ”he said.

Trump said on Saturday that he plans to actively participate in the campaign to support Republican candidates who will run in mid-term elections in November, when the full House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate will be re-elected. Now the Republicans have a majority in both houses.

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