Kremlin Dismisses Reports Russia Tried Hacking U.S. Voting Equipment

Source: Newsweek



BY DAMIEN SHARKOV ON 6/6/17 AT 9:08 AM

The Kremlin has dismissed allegations that Russian intelligence services ever sought to hack U.S. voting equipment as part of a broader effort to interfere in the American presidential election, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said on Tuesday.

"This assertion has absolutely nothing to do with reality," Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said during a conference call with reporters. "We have heard no arguments proving the veracity of this information ... Therefore we strongly deny the very possibility that this could have happened."

The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday charged a federal contractor with sending classified material to a news organization that sources identified to Reuters as The Intercept.

The Intercept's reporting revealed new details behind the findings of U.S. intelligence agencies that Russian intelligence services had sought to infiltrate state voter registration systems, discredit Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and help then-Republican candidate Donald Trump win the election.

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