US Stands Ready To Pounce On, Punish 2018 Election Meddlers - Justice Dept.

US Stands Ready to Pounce on, Punish 2018 Election Meddlers - Justice Dept.

The United States plans a full-court press to catch hackers seeking to interfere with 2018 midterm elections and stands ready to prosecute anyone or any nation that attempts to meddle, Attorney General Jeff Sessions warned in a press release on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 13th September, 2018) The United States plans a full-court press to catch hackers seeking to interfere with 2018 midterm elections and stands ready to prosecute anyone or any nation that attempts to meddle, Attorney General Jeff Sessions warned in a press release on Thursday.

"The Department [of Justice] will work with our partners at the State Department, Treasury Department, and Department of Homeland Security, in order to identify enemies of our country who put our electoral integrity at risk," Sessions said. "Once we do, we will take action to bring them to justice."

Sessions' remarks came after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that promises US economic sanctions against individuals and nations that attempt to influence the November elections with nefarious methods such as hacking vote counts, using social media to amplify bogus news reports or stealing personal information from voter rolls.

�The United States has already imposed sanctions on Russia in August 2017 for its alleged interference in the 2016 US presidential election.

Russia has repeatedly denied all allegations of meddling, calling such accusations absurd and invented to excuse the election loss of a presidential candidate as well as deflect public opinion from actual instances of election fraud, corruption and other pressing issues.