Congressman: Russian operatives hacked Illinois elections board

[TexasTowelie]

Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley said Monday that Russian operatives hacked into the State Board of Elections last year to view voter database files, a potential move toward trying to make voters distrust the state and federal election system.

Quigley, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, also warned of a potential "constitutional crisis" over executive privilege between President Donald Trump and the U.S. Supreme Court as part of multiple investigations into possible collusion between agents of the Russian government and Trump's presidential campaign.

Quigley's declaration of Russian involvement in the hacking of the state elections board marked the first time the country had been definitively identified as behind the attack last year, though it had been widely suspected.

"The Russians hacked into the Illinois State Board of Elections," Quigley said after a meeting with the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board.

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-mike-quigley-russian-hackers-met-0606-20170605-story.html

[pbmus]

1. WOW....

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. I still get a kick out of people who think the kGB did NOT use

their hundreds of on the ground assets, living here for decades, in some cases since they were BORN, to put themselves on election boards, working with voting machines, etc., and then when they came upon their DREAM useful idiot, Trump, left the election on election day up to YOU and ME

laughable

[LSFL]

3. Now will people stop worrying that I will offend hypothetical Russians.

When I say that since they aren't exactly rioting in the streets against their mafioso overlords that they are pretty much ok with destroying America? Or are at least uncaring? Seriously. Screw them all as they enable and abide the bear fucker to destroy democracy.

[mopinko]

4. this is old news.

it was reported well before the election.