Dan Coats: ‘We Need to Assume that There Might Be Interference ‘By the Russians in Future Elections

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COATS: "Even though while they have historically tried to do these kinds of things, clearly in 2016 they upped their game. They took advantage, sophisticated advantage of social media. They are doing that not only in the United States but throughout Europe and perhaps elsewhere. So I think that sends a very strong signal that any elections that are coming up need to be — we need to assume that there might be interference with that, particularly from the Russians and maybe from some other malign actors, and steps need to be taken to work with state and local officials because many of these elections in the off-year will be state and local governorships and even members of certain houses of representation within the states themselves."