U.S. monitoring for foreign election interference - intelligence official


  • World
  • Thursday, 01 Nov 2018

FILE PHOTO: Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announces the indictments of more than a dozen Russians charged with conspiring to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election campaign during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., February 16, 2018. REUTERS/David Shepardson/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is monitoring for possible foreign interference in Tuesday's congressional elections and is prepared to sanction any company or individual involved in such activity, a senior intelligence official said on Wednesday.

"We remain concerned about interference coming from Russia, China and Iran," the official said in a phone briefing with reporters to discuss federal government plans to help secure the Nov. 6 elections.

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