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Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testifies to the House Intelligence Committee task force on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 21, 2017,
as part of the Russia investigation. Associated Press
U.S. officials underscore Russia threat to 2016 elections

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. campaign season. face of a skeptical then- the integrity of the — of the tee hearings — one in the
officials sought Wednesday Officials also revealed candidate Donald Trump. election process itself,” Jeh House and one in the Sen-
to underscore for lawmak- what appeared to be a “One of the candidates, Johnson, the former head ate — that underscored
ers the threat Russia posed breakdown in communi- as you’ll recall, was pre- of the Homeland Security the U.S. intelligence com-
to the 2016 vote for the cations about how severe dicting that the election Department, told members munity’s months-old de-
White House, outlining ef- the threat appeared, and was going to be rigged in of the House intelligence termination that Russia at-
forts to hack into election they reported tensions the some way. And so we were committee. tempted to meddle in the
systems in 21 states and to Obama administration concerned that, by making The testimony came during election.
fill the internet with misin- faced in trying to publicly the statement, we might in a morning of double-bar- Continued on Page 3
formation during a divisive warn of meddling in the and of itself be challenging reled intelligence commit-