US Democratic Senators Demand Sanctions against Russia for Interfering in 2020 Elections

Representatives of the democratic minority in the US Senate sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Finance Minister Steven Mnuchin demanding new sanctions against Russia and Putin personally. Democratic senators on Tuesday, February 25, called for new sanctions against Russia and Vladimir Putin personally for interfering in the upcoming US presidential election. They sent a letter with this demand to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Finance Minister Steven Mnuchin. “Doing anything less would be an abdication of your responsibility to protect and defend the US from this serious threat to national security,” the letter reads. It was signed by Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Ranking member Robert Menendez, and Senator Sherrod Brown. Does Moscow want Trump to be re-elected? The New York Times previously wrote about the beginning of Russian intervention in the upcoming presidential election in November 2020. Allegedly, secret services warned the House of Representatives of the US Congress during a private briefing that Moscow intends to secure Donald Trump’s re-election. Later, a source in the intelligence services told CNN that reports of Russia’s intervention “could be exaggerated”. US Presidential Advisor on National Security Robert O'Brien said he was unaware of Moscow’s attempts to influence the campaign.