GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham wants Congress to investigate Russian cyberattack on DNC, election

[SoCalNative]

Donald Trump may seek improved relations with Russia, but top Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham wants Vladimir Putin held responsible if the Russian government was involved in cyber-hacks to disrupt the U.S. elections.

Graham, who has sparred openly with Trump, his former rival in the presidential primary, is proposing that Congress hold a series of hearings on "Russia's misadventures throughout the world" – including whether they were involved in "hacking into the DNC."

"Were they involved in cyberattacks that had a political component to it in our elections?" Graham said.

If so, Graham said, "Putin should be punished."

http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-gop-sen-lindsey-graham-wants-congress-1479254194-htmlstory.html

[Cattledog]

1. Don't like Graham

but any push back on Trump is welcome.

[secondwind]

2. K&R

[Lunabell]

3. Clearly Putin helped put trump in the white house.

Graham is correct on this.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Maybe Graham realizes

It could happen to the GOP too.

[UCmeNdc]

5. The FBI never really investigated the Russians. Big failure!

The US government is now compromised because the people in charge will not investigate themselves.

[JaneQPublic]

6. I suspect an ulterior motive.

While I don't doubt Graham's interest in investigating & punishing Putin, I wonder if a secondary reason is for Congressional GOPers to "officially" exonerate the Trump campaign and the RNC of any and all involvement.

I mean, if/when they discover proof that US GOPers were linked to Russia and Wikileaks efforts to hack Hillary's campaign, does anyone honestly believe they will announce it to the world, let alone hold the guilty parties accountable?

[hatrack]

7. Wow, he's really Johnny-On-The-Spot, isn't he?

And he had the unadulterated political courage to wait until after the election - yeah!