we have clear proof beyond a reasonable doubt that our elections were hacked, that state election systems were violated and that it is going to happen again in a few months. november is just months away. and congress has to harden our election systems. the states have to get active in this. we need to protect the sanctity the importance of our elections and people need to know that their vote will count as they cast it. and we need to know that the social media won t be used to change votes thinking that it s from americans instead of from russians. so it is all aiding and abetting and we must get busy on this. joyce vance, i want to get your reaction to the timing of this. rod rosenstein said the indictment was returned this morning by a federal grand jury in washington, d.c. did rosenstein have any discretion as to when he would
that is missing it is a dodge in a in a lot of ways. but that wasn t their role. that wasn t their role. the intelligence said that wasn t the role of the investigators here. we have no idea if votes were changed or not and that is another piece to look at in today s indictment. the hacking of state voting machines, state election systems not voting machines. misspoke there. that is a subject that remains kind of deeply shrouded in mystery and haven t been any kind of complete investigations of any of the states. so a little bit here and there but we actually don t know what went on in a number of states where electoral rolls and there were problems with voter registration. and we don t know if any of that was a result of hacking or not. we still don t know. it makes one wonder if the old-fashioned way where you go in and punch a ticket and everything is on paper instead of this electronic way, which one is better? any time you talk about bitcoin and cryptocurrency, you r
living in. it really is. i think overall, the the level of detail built on a narrative since january 2017 when the intelligence kind of the agencies released their assessment. and what they said back then was that russia, during the campaign, had developed a this is a quote, developed a clear preference for mr. trump. and that is continued here. and when you look at the white house statements and denials, trump and his supporters said it about the assessment and again today, saying, well, nobody said any votes were changed. that is missing it is a dodge in a lo in a lot of ways. but that wasn t their role. that wasn t their role. the intelligence said that wasn t the role of the investigators here. we have no idea if votes were changed or not and that is another piece to look at in today s indictment. the hacking of state voting machines, state election systems not voting machines. misspoke there. that is a subject that remains
but i would say that the republicans in congress who have wasted our time yesterday in an absurd hearing attacking an fbi agent instead of looking at how they can prevent further interference in our elections. we have clear proof beyond a reasonable doubt that our elections were hacked, that state election systems were violated and that it is going to happen again in a few months. november is just months away. and congress has to harden our election systems. the states have to get active in this. we need to protect the sanctity the importance of our elections and people need to know that their vote will count as they cast it. and we need to know that the social media won t be used to change votes thinking that it s from americans instead of from russians. so it is all aiding and abetting and we must get busy on this.
and we should be looking at it. but i would say that the republicans in congress who have wasted our time yesterday in an absurd hearing attacking an fbi agent instead of looking at how they can prevent further interference in our elections. we have clear proof beyond a reasonable doubt that our elections were hacked, that state election systems were violated and that it is going to happen again in a few months. november is just months away. and congress has to harden our election systems. the states have to get active in this. we need to protect the sanctity the importance of our elections and people need to know that their vote will count as they cast it. and we need to know that the social media won t be used to change votes thinking that it s