Democrat moves to block Trump’s joint Russia cyber unit

Published July 10, 2017 6:04pm ET



A Virginia Democrat wants to use the House’s annual defense policy bill to block President Trump from forming a joint cybersecurity unit with Russia.

Rep. Don Beyer filed a late amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act on Monday that forbids any money from being used on intelligence sharing, equipment, personnel or facilities related to any such cyber agreement with Moscow.

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