Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that a select committee must be formed to investigate every aspect of Russian interference in the U.S. 2016 presidential election.
“Every time we turn around, another shoe drops from this centipede,” McCain told host Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”
“We need to examine every aspect of it: President Trump’s priorities, and the other priorities many of us believe exist,” McCain said.
McCain said the investigation must look into the motives behind Russia’s interference and methods to prevent Moscow from meddling in future campaigns.
“Obviously, if there was intentional disclosure of names of people who were in the Trump campaign, that has to be revealed. But the fact is that we know for a fact the Russians tried to change the outcome of our election, attacking the very fundamental of democracy,” McCain said. “We need to know how, we need to know why, and most of all we need to know what to do to prevent this kind of activity, which they continue to carry on in free nations around the world.”
McCain said the Russian government’s recent actions “echo” its behavior during the Cold War, saying “they tell flat out lies.”
He also pointed to Russian meddling in foreign affairs around the globe with little to no repercussions.
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