A top Democrat is calling for a "robust" investigation into the cyberattacks that rocked the 2016 presidential election.
"I propose that the (House) Oversight Committee begin by obtaining for all of our members and appropriately-cleared staff a classified briefing from the Intelligence Community on these issues, followed by a robust investigation designed to identify specific recommendations for actions that our country can take to respond to these attacks and safeguard against similar attacks in the future," Rep. Elijah Cummings, the committee's ranking Democrat wrote in a letter to Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who chairs the oversight panel, Politico reports.
The Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and other political organizations were targets of cyberattacks, which the Obama administration blamed on Russia, the political news website notes.
And Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman and other private individuals had their emails hacked.
"This perilous menace goes beyond party, beyond politics, and beyond partisanship," Cummings said in his letter.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham also proposed Congress launch hearings to see if Russia was involved in "hacking into the DNC," the Los Angeles Times reports.
"Were they involved in cyberattacks that had a political component to it in our elections?" Graham said. If so, "[Russian President Vladimir] Putin should be punished."
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