Cardin: Trump Calling Russian Meddling a ‘Hoax’ Gives Putin a ‘Green Light’ to Continue

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CARDIN: "I think they were trying to make it very clear their responsibilities, that they're acting on behalf of American national security and pointing out what Russia did in 2016 and that they're still very much active in 2018. And what really concerns me is that the President was missing. As you said, he was not only missing from that event, but the next day he calls it a hoax. Here's the problem. What that report was saying, what they were saying at that meeting is that Mr. Putin will fill a void. If he thinks he can move with impunity and attack our system, he will attack our system. And what President Trump did in Helsinki and what he did yesterday calling the Russian probe a hoax, it gives a green light to Mr. Putin to continue his activities here in the United States to compromise our system of government. That's what I think really concerns us."