U.S. elections are “under attack” from foreign influence by both individuals and hostile state actors, experts told a House panel on Wednesday.
Although foreign individuals and entities already are prohibited from contributing to American elections, foreign actors find a way, House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., says.
“Foreign adversaries still have loopholes they can exploit to influence American elections,” Steil said.
Steil’s committee held the hearing Wednesday on foreign influence in U.S. elections.
Earlier this year, the committee advanced legislation to ban direct or indirect foreign contributions to state ballot initiatives, which has been one of the biggest loopholes.
“We have legislation to ban this at the federal level, and we continue to get caught up in the gobbledygook,” Steil later said. “But when you look at the…
