Updated at 4:25 p.m. ET
A day after a key lawmaker said the U.S. government was not doing enough to take election interference by foreign powers seriously, the Trump administration responded forcefully with a surprise White House briefing to emphasize the breadth and extent of its election security initiatives.
“The president has taken decisive action to defend our election systems from meddling and interference,” national security adviser John Bolton said at the briefing.
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