Hillary Clinton said she is “deeply concerned” about allegations of Russian meddling in last year’s presidential election and says there needs to be an independent, nonpartisan investigation to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Speaking Thursday in New York at a summit on women’s issues, Clinton said Russian involvement was meant to sow “distrust and confusion. I think what was done to us was an act of aggression and it was carried out by a foreign power under the control of someone who has a deep desire to dominate Europe and send us into a tailspin,” she said, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Clinton called on Congress to put party squabbles aside and look into it. Otherwise, she said, “They will be back.”
Her appearance at the Women in the World Summit is the latest in a string of public appearances for Clinton in the past few weeks.
In a one-on-one conversation with columnist and author Nicholas Kristof, Clinton touched on a range of issues, including lessons learned in the election, the war in Syria and her own future plans, which include the book she’s currently writing.
Clinton said the book would examine what happened in the election, and the various factors that went into the end result, from her own actions to outside events like FBI Director James Comey’s decision just days before the election to reopen and then once again close an investigation into her emails.
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