U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen delivers a message after a meeting with foreign ministers from Mexico and Central America in Guatemala City, Guatemala July 10, 2018. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria
(Reuters) - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Thursday said the United States needed to be prepared for an attempt by Russia to interfere in elections in all 50 U.S. states this year, adding that there was no question Moscow interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential contest.
"I don't think there's any question in the intel community or at DHS that Russians attempted to infiltrate and interfere with our electoral system," she said. "I don't think there's any doubt that they did it, and I think we should all be prepared given that capability and will -- that they'll do it again."
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