Press Releases

Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement on Mueller’s indictment of the 13 Russian nationals:

“I was glad to see the Special Counsel indict 13 Russian nationals that sought to interfere with our political system. Their actions once again prove to us that Russia is not to be trusted as they continue their longstanding tradition of trying to meddle in our political affairs. This time, though, they added manipulation of the popular and now ubiquitous social media platforms in effort to influence American voters – committing federal crimes. 

I’m grateful to hear from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein that they were not successful in their attempt to alter the outcome of the 2016 Presidential election. And I’m glad we are learning how to better counter external interference by future Russian or any other foreign actor in election meddling. Which is why I helped design and sponsor Rep. Tom Souzzi's bill (D-NY), the Fight Russian Corruption Act, that establishes an office of European anti-Russian corruption in the State Department and provides for American expertise to help our European allies fight corruption and Russian political interference. "