U.S. ‘taking steps’ to prevent future Russian election interference, Haley says

The following article by Mike DeBonis and Carol Morello was posted on the Washington Post website February 1, 2018:

Pres. Trump, left, with US UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, lunch with the UN Security Council in the White House in Washington Jan. 29, 2018. Credit: Andrew Harnik/AP

 Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, renewed her attacks on Russia in a speech delivered Thursday to Republican lawmakers as the investigation into President Trump’s campaign reached a new level of intensity.

Haley directly acknowledged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, calling it “outrageous” and saying the Trump administration is “taking steps” to prevent a repetition. She also said the Trump administration has been “tougher on Russia than any American administration since Ronald Reagan,” even after the White House took a pass this week on imposing additional sanctions that Congress had requested. Continue reading “U.S. ‘taking steps’ to prevent future Russian election interference, Haley says”