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fered in the 2016 presidential election for the purpose of 
increasing the chances that Donald J. Trump would be 
elected President; 
Whereas the intelligence community consists of dedicated pro-
fessionals who have served in both Republican and Demo-
cratic administrations; 
Whereas Donald J. Trump has repeatedly mocked intelligence 
officials and rejected the conclusions of the intelligence 
community; 
Whereas the Russian government was responsible for 
cyberattacks against persons affiliated with the Demo-
cratic Party and the presidential campaign of Hillary 
Clinton; 
Whereas, in July of 2016, Donald J. Trump publicly encour-
aged Russian operatives to conduct cyberattacks against 
Hillary Clinton, his political opponent; 
Whereas, on December 29, 2016, President Barack Obama 
announced sanctions in response to the Russian govern-
ment’s cyber operations aimed at the 2016 presidential 
election, and these sanctions affected nine entities and in-
dividuals affiliated with the Russian government, includ-
ing the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the Rus-
sian government, one other Russian intelligence service, 
four individual officers of the GRU, and three companies 
that provided material support to the GRU’s cyber oper-
ations; 
Whereas, on December 29, 2016, President Barack Obama 
expelled 35 Russian government officials who had failed 
to act in a manner consistent with their diplomatic status 
and provided notice that as of December 30, 2016, Rus-
sian access would be denied to two Russian government- 
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owned compounds, one in Maryland and one in New 
York; 
Whereas Donald J. Trump responded to the Obama Adminis-
tration’s sanctions against Russia by announcing, ‘‘It’s 
time for our country to move on to bigger and better 
things.’’; 
Whereas, on January 3, 2017, Donald J. Trump derided in-
telligence officials who were scheduled to brief him on 
Russian cyberactivity, suggesting in a tweet that they de-
layed the briefing because they needed more time ‘‘to 
build a case.’’; 
Whereas, on January 4, 2017, Donald J. Trump attempted 
to discredit the intelligence community’s conclusions by 
quoting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a tweet; 
Whereas Donald J. Trump praised Russian President Vladi-
mir Putin following the latter’s announcement that he 
would not oust American diplomats in response to Presi-
dent Obama’s decision to expel 35 Russian government 
officials, saying in a tweet, ‘‘I always knew he was 
smart!’’; 
Whereas Sean Spicer, Donald J. Trump’s press secretary, 
said on January 2, 2017, ‘‘There is zero evidence that 
they influenced the election.’’; 
Whereas Sean Spicer also said there should be more focus on 
‘‘punishing’’ Hillary Clinton instead of Russia’s cyber ac-
tivities; 
Whereas Donald J. Trump praised Vladimir Putin for send-
ing him a Christmas greeting, which he called, ‘‘A very 
nice letter from Vladimir Putin.’’; 
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Whereas Donald J. Trump has surrounded himself with advi-
sors who have extensive ties with the Russian govern-
ment; 
Whereas Paul Manafort, Donald J. Trump’s former cam-
paign manager, was a paid lobbyist for Viktor 
Yanukovych, the pro-Russian politician in Ukraine who 
fled to Russia in 2014 and was subjected to United 
States sanctions related to Russian aggression in 
Ukraine, and Manafort has also been involved in multi-
million dollar business deals with Russian and Ukrainian 
oligarchs, which reportedly were the subject of an inquiry 
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 
Whereas Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Donald J. 
Trump’s National Security Advisor, did a paid series of 
events in Moscow, including a speech and appearance at 
a party for RT, a Kremlin-funded TV station, where he 
was photographed sitting next to Vladimir Putin; 
Whereas Donald J. Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Com-
merce, Wilbur Ross, was a business partner of Viktor 
Vekselberg, a Russian oligarch and ally of Vladimir 
Putin, in a major financial project involving the Bank of 
Cyprus; 
Whereas Donald J. Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, 
Rex Tillerson, the former Chief Executive Officer of 
ExxonMobil, signed a multibillion dollar agreement with 
Russia in 2011 on behalf of ExxonMobil for an oil drill-
ing project in the Arctic, which was brought to a halt in 
2014 as a result of sanctions that were imposed on Rus-
sia in response to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, and 
moreover, Rex Tillerson was awarded the ‘‘Order of 
Friendship’’ by Vladimir Putin in 2013; 
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Whereas the Office of the Director of National Intelligence 
issued an Intelligence Community Assessment on Janu-
ary 6, 2017, the declassified version of which stated that 
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence 
campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election, 
the goals of which ‘‘were to undermine public faith in the 
US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and 
harm her electability and potential presidency.’’; 
Whereas the declassified version of the Intelligence Commu-
nity Assessment stated that the intelligence community 
has high confidence in this judgment; 
Whereas the declassified version of the Intelligence Commu-
nity Assessment also stated, ‘‘Putin and the Russian 
Government aspired to help President-elect Donald J. 
Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting 
Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavor-
ably to him.’’; 
Whereas the declassified version of the Intelligence Commu-
nity Assessment stated that the CIA and the FBI have 
high confidence in this judgment and the NSA has mod-
erate confidence; 
Whereas it was reported by American news media that intel-
ligence community officials presented to Donald J. 
Trump classified documents that included allegations 
that there was a continuing exchange of information dur-
ing the presidential campaign between persons affiliated 
with Donald J. Trump and persons affiliated with the 
Russian government and allegations that Russian 
operatives claimed to possess compromising personal and 
financial information about Donald J. Trump; 
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Whereas following the news reports, Donald J. Trump ridi-
culed intelligence agencies in a tweet that said, ‘‘Intel-
ligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news 
to ‘leak’ into the public. One last shot at me. Are we liv-
ing in Nazi Germany?’’; 
Whereas James Comey, the Director of the FBI, during testi-
mony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence 
on January 10, 2017, refused to say whether there was 
contact between persons affiliated with Donald J. Trump 
and the Russian government during the presidential cam-
paign or whether the FBI was investigating the issue; 
Whereas the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence issued a joint 
statement on January 20, 2017, announcing that the 
Committee will investigate ‘‘intelligence regarding links 
between Russia and individuals associated with political 
campaigns’’ as part of an investigation into Russian 
cyberattacks and election meddling; 
Whereas the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
issued a joint statement on January 25, 2017, announc-
ing that the Committee has undertaken a bipartisan in-
quiry into the underlying intelligence used to draft the 
Intelligence Community Assessment, ‘‘Russian Activities 
and Intentions in Recent US Elections’’, and the scope 
of this inquiry includes, ‘‘Russian cyber activity and 
other ‘active measures’ directed against the U.S. and its 
allies’’ and ‘‘Counterintelligence concerns related to Rus-
sia and the 2016 U.S. election, including any intelligence 
regarding links between Russia and individuals associated 
with political campaigns’’; and 
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Whereas the American people have a right to know whether 
there was collusion between persons affiliated with Don-
ald J. Trump and the Russian government to influence 
the outcome of the 2016 election: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That— 
(1) Donald J. Trump won the 2016 presidential 
election with the assistance and interference of the 
Russian government; and 
(2) Congress should expend the resources nec-
essary to investigate thoroughly— 
(A) the nature and extent of Russian inter-
ference in the 2016 presidential election; 
(B) whether, and to what extent, there was 
collusion between persons associated with the 
Russian government and persons associated, 
formally or informally, with the presidential 
campaign of Donald J. Trump to influence the 
outcome of the 2016 election; 
(C) whether, and to what extent, persons 
associated with the presidential campaign of 
Donald J. Trump were aware of Russian inter-
ference in the 2016 election; 
(D) whether, and to what extent, persons 
associated with the presidential campaign of 
Donald J. Trump were given information by 
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persons associated with the Russian government 
concerning cyberattacks on citizens of the 
United States, including persons affiliated with 
the Democratic Party or the presidential cam-
paign of Hillary Clinton; 
(E) whether, and to what extent, persons 
associated with the presidential campaign of 
Donald J. Trump encouraged cyberattacks or 
other forms of espionage against persons affili-
ated with the Democratic Party or the presi-
dential campaign of Hillary Clinton; and 
(F) whether, and to what extent, persons 
associated with the presidential campaign of 
Donald J. Trump aided or assisted persons as-
sociated with the Russian government in the 
proliferation of misinformation intended to in-
fluence the 2016 election. 
Æ 
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