Mueller gave a warning on Russian meddling. Congress - and America - should listen.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mueller-gave-a-warning-on-russian-meddling-congress--and-america--should-listen/2019/07/24/b337acf2-ae4f-11e9-a0c9-6d2d7818f3da_story.html

Mueller gave a warning on Russian meddling. Congress — and America — should listen.
By Editorial Board | July 24 at 6:46 PM

IF THERE is one thing former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III made clear in his Wednesday congressional testimony, it is that his investigation was not an “illegal and treasonous attack on our Country,” as President Trump characterized it in a tweet shortly before Mr. Mueller’s appearance.

On the contrary, Mr. Mueller underscored that it was Russia that attacked the country’s democracy in the 2016 presidential election through a cyber-campaign designed to help Mr. Trump. Mr. Trump, the former special counsel confirmed, welcomed that assistance. A number of his top aides lied in the ensuing investigation. Those lies, Mr. Mueller said, impeded his probe.

Perhaps most seriously, Mr. Mueller said Russia’s interference is continuing and will be repeated in the 2020 presidential election. “Over the course of my career, I have seen a number of challenges to our democracy,” Mr. Mueller said. “The Russian government’s effort to interfere in our election is among the most serious.” He added: “They’re doing it as we sit here, and they expect to do it during the next campaign.” What’s more, “many more countries” are also looking at election hacking.

Mr. Trump and congressional Republicans ought to be alarmed by that prediction. Instead, they spent the day slandering Mr. Mueller, to little effect. As Republicans argued that the Russia inquiry was driven by corrupt intent, Mr. Mueller pointed out that the president’s statements about WikiLeaks during the campaign — welcoming the leaks of Democratic emails stolen by Russia — “calls for investigation.”

[Firestorm49]

1. Absolutely. Congress and America should listen. And then?

[Blue_Tires]

2. k+r