Durbin wants deeper investigation of Russian involvement in election

Posted on May 9, 2017

By RFD Radio/WFMB

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin called for greater resources to be brought to the table in the ongoing investigation of Russian involvement in the Presidential election.

Durbin addressed members of the Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism.

“What we have seen with this situation calls for the appointment of an independent commission – a presidential commission or a congressional commission – one that is clearly independent, transparent and can get to the bottom of the Russian involvement in our last election process and the threat we face in the future because of it,” Durbin said.

Durbin expressed concerns about former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s involvement in sensitive foreign policy actions after Acting Attorney General Sally Yates expressed concerns about Flynn’s communications with Russia.

“General Flynn continued to serve as National Security Advisor for 18 days after you had briefed the White House about the counterintelligense risk that he posed,” he told Yates as she testified Monday during a Senate hearing.

The Subcommittee has investigating Russian activity since March.

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