PressTV-US 2018 elections ‘potential target’ for Russia

US Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats has claimed that Russia views the 2018 midterm congressional elections as “potential target,” and may try to influence or undermine them.

Coats made the claim before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, saying that “there should be no doubt” about Moscow being a threat to the upcoming US midterm elections.

“We expect Russia to continue using propaganda, social media, false-flag personas, sympathetic spokesmen and other means to influence, to try to build on its wide range of operations and exacerbate social and political fissures in the United States,” Coats said in unanimity with other top national security officials.

“There should be no doubt that Russia perceives its past efforts as successful and views the 2018 US midterm elections as a potential target for Russian influence operations,” he added, making an implicit reference to previous claims of the Russian meddling in the…

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