Hillary Clinton said on Thursday that she supports an independent, nonpartisan commission to investigate Russia’s interference into the 2016 election.
The former presidential candidate made the comments at the eighth annual Women in the World Summit in New York City.
Calling Russia’s involvement an act of aggression, Clinton told the New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof in a sit-down discussion that she thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin “wanted to do was sow distrust and confusion as well as influence our election.”
“As an American, I am hoping that whether its Congress, or the FBI, or outside journalists or whoever the combination of forces might be that we find out a whole lot more,” she said, before adding, “I personally favor an independent, nonpartisan investigation that I think is called for.” Loud applause followed.
Hillary Clinton at Women in The World: "As a person, I'm OK. As an American, I'm pretty worried." https://t.co/twqW5jbsUX— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 6, 2017
She also said that if bipartisan action isn’t taken to hold the Russians accountable they “they will be back time and time again.”
Clinton’s remarks follow the announcement earlier Thursday that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes temporarily recused himself from his committee’s investigation after a controversy surrounding his sharing of intelligence reports with the White House before members of his panel.
Rep. Michael Conaway, R-Texas, Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., and Tom Rooney, R-Fla., will now head the probe.
Clinton echoed the call of some other Democrats, who have called for an independent panel to look into Russia, including Brian Fallon, her presidential campaign’s press secretary.
