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CIA director: US will retaliate if Russia targets the midterm elections

By Tom Rogan
Published January 30, 2018 3:16pm ET
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CIA director: US will retaliate if Russia targets the midterm elections
"Of course, I have every expectation" Russia will try to interfere in the election, Mike Pompeo said. "But I'm confident that America will be able to have a free and fair election. That we'll push back in a way that is sufficiently robust, that the impact they will have on our election won't be that great." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) | Susan Walsh

CIA Director Mike Pompeo just warned that the U.S. will retaliate against Russia if that nation attempts to interfere in this year’s midterm elections.

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