REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE UNITED STATES SENATE ON RUSSIAN ACTIVE MEASURES CAMPAIGNS AND INTERFERENCE IN THE 2016 U.S. ELECTION
Russian Efforts Against Election Infrastructure
I. (U) INTRODUCTION
(U) From 2017 to 2019, the Committee held hearings, conducted interviews, and
reviewed intelligence related to Russian attempts in 2016 to access election infrastructure. The
Committee sought to determine the extent of Russian activities, identify the response of the U.S.
Government at the state, local, and federal level to the threat, and make recommendations on
how to better prepare for such threats in the future. 1 he Committee received testimony from
state election officials, Obama administration officials, and those in the Intelligence Community
and elsewhere in the U.S. Government responsible for evaluating threats to elections.
II. (U) FINDINGS
U The Russian government directed extensive activity, beginning in at least 2014
and carrying into at least 2017, against U.S. election infrastructure' at the state and local
level.