--- title: Congress Still Investigating Russia Election Collusion description: Members of Congress "have not come to any final conclusions" whether any presidential candidates colluded with Russia. canonical: https://time.com/4969304/russia-election-interference-collusion-congress/ author: Nash Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-04T18:59:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:43:51.716Z article:section: Politics og:title: Investigators Say Russia Is Still Trying to Interfere in U.S. Politics og:description: But they haven't come to any "final conclusions" about collusion in the 2016 election og:url: https://time.com/4969304/russia-election-interference-collusion-congress/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt242d9e161ca8c6f3/6988e08c4ee2624c2130f457/congress-investigation-russia-interference.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Senate Intelligence Committee Leaders Hold News Conference On Russia Investigation og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Investigators Say Russia Is Still Trying to Interfere in U.S. Politics twitter:description: But they haven't come to any "final conclusions" about collusion in the 2016 election twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt242d9e161ca8c6f3/6988e08c4ee2624c2130f457/congress-investigation-russia-interference.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Investigators Say Russia Is Still Trying to Interfere in U.S. Politics by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Oct 4, 2017 6:59 PM UTC  Senator Richard Burr, a Republican from North Carolina and chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, right, speaks as ranking member Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, listens during a news conference in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. Senator Richard Burr, a Republican from North Carolina and chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, right, speaks as ranking member Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, listens during a news conference in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Oct 4, 2017 6:59 PM UTC Members of Congress said on Wednesday that they “have not come to any final conclusions” in their investigation into whether any presidential candidates colluded with Russian intelligence operatives during last November’s election. “The issue of collusion is still open,” Sen. Richard Burr, the North Carolina Republican who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, said at a widely attended hearing in the Capitol Building. He added that the committee “continues to investigate both intelligence and witnesses,” and that he hopes the investigation will conclude by the end of the year. Burr and Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, stressed that while they have not obtained any proof of a campaign colluding with Russia, and that last November’s vote tallies were not altered by Moscow’s efforts, there is little question that Russia tried to interfere in the process. Warner said there was a “large consensus that \[Russian operatives\] hacked into political files and released those files in an effort to influence the election.” “Russian intelligence is determined, clever, and I reckon that every campaign official should take this seriously as we approach the coming elections,” Burr said. The lawmakers emphasized the breadth of their investigation, which began in January. A graphic poster onstage at the press conference indicated their inquiry had so far involved more than a hundred interviews and yielded more than 4,000 pages of transcripts. The press conference came two days after Facebook [gave](http://time.com/4966438/facebook-russia-linked-ads-election/) congressional investigators more than 3,000 political ads displayed on the social media site that had been traced to Russia. Burr and Warner said they would not be releasing these ads, but Burr said the ads targeted “every group in America.” “They were indiscriminate,” Burr said. “\[The\] overall theme of Russia’s involvement in the U.S. election was to create chaos at every level. They have been pretty darn successful.” According to the lawmakers, Russia’s interference campaign continues to this day. “The Russian active measure efforts did not end on Election Day 2016,” Warner said. “They did not just take place in the United States. 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