Officials Brief Trump on Election Security

NextGov: Top cabinet officials briefed President Donald Trump Thursday on efforts to improve the security of election systems in advance of the 2018 midterms, according to a White House release.

The briefing follows months of prodding by congressional Democrats who charge the president is disinterested in the threat posed to U.S. elections by Russia and other digital adversaries.

The president has wavered on endorsing the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusion that Russian government-backed hackers attempted to undermine the 2016 election through a hacking and influence campaign.

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