FILE PHOTO: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks at a news conference with Republican leaders after a closed conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republicans and Democrats both called for concerted action to combat foreign interference in U.S. elections after Special Counsel Robert Mueller announced indictments of Russians for meddling in the 2016 U.S. campaign on Friday.
"These Russians engaged in a sinister and systematic attack on our political system," Paul Ryan, the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives said in a statement calling the suspects' actions a conspiracy targeting democracy.
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