Have not come to conclusion
Says:
- Hopes to reach definitive conclusion soon
- Trust conclusion on intelligence community assessment on Russian interference in 2016 US elections
- Panel has interviewed everyone involved in intelligence community Russian assessment
- Continues to examine evidence to determine whether there was collusion between Trump campaign and Moscow
- Wil interview 25 more people in October on Russia investigation
- Over 100 interviews have been done overall
- Questions of former FBI Director Comey's firing better left to special counsel, Justice Dept.
- Will not release Facebook ads
- Cannot set a date for completing the committees probe
- Subject matter of Facebook ads was to create as much chaos in US s possible for every group they could identify
- The issue of collusion is still open.
US stocks are little changed. The S&P was up around 5.20 points. It is up around 4.66 currently.
In other comments from Senator Warner:
- Need more agressive govt approach to protecting US electoral system
- Digital political advertising on rise. Vulnerable to outside interference
- Social media companies starting to take threat of foreign electiion meddling seriously