Heinrich Questions House Managers on Legality of Foreign Interference During Impeachment Trial

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joins U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), and Mark Warner (D-Va.) in asking the following question to the House Managers during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump: "The president's counsel stated that accepting mere information from a foreign source is not something that would violate campaign finance law and that it is not campaign interference to accept credible information from a foreign source about someone who is running for office. Under this view, acceptance of the kinds of propaganda disseminated by Russia in 2016 on Facebook and other social media platforms using bots, fake accounts, and other techniques to spread disinformation would be perfectly legal and appropriate. Isn't it true that accepting such a thing of value is in fact a violation of law, and isn't it true that it is one of the highest priorities of our intelligence community--including the CIA, NSA, DNI, and FBI--to do everything possible to prevent such foreign interference or intervention in our elections?" January 29, 2020.