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Senate Intel Panel Endorses U.S. Spies' Finding That Russian Attack Aided Trump

The Senate intelligence committee used a bipartisan report to show solidarity with the intelligence community — and break with its counterpart in the House.
Senate intelligence committee chairman Richard Burr, right and vice chairman Mark Warner, endorsed with their colleagues the findings of the U.S. intelligence community.

The Senate intelligence committee said Wednesday that it stands by the conclusion of the U.S. spy agencies that Russia's attack on the 2016 election sought to help Donald Trump and hurt Hillary Clinton — a break with the finding of the House intelligence panel.

Members of the tight-lipped Senate panel backed this conclusion

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