Former Obama chief of staff Denis McDonough told Meet the Press that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) blocked a more robust response to Russian meddling in the lead up to the 2016 presidential election.
Said McDonough: “It took over three weeks to get that statement worked out. It was dramatically watered down.”
McDonough added that he knew it had been watered down at the request of McConnell.