; Whereas President Trump stated, [The Director of National Intelligence] came to me and some others they said they think it’s Russia. I have President Putin. He just said it’s not Russia. I will say this: I don’t see any reason why it would be [Russia]. ; Whereas in attempting to clarify these remarks in Helsinki, President Trump once again cast doubt on the intelligence community’s judgement saying, Could be other people also. There’s a lot of people out there. ; Whereas President Putin stated in response to whether he wanted President Trump to win the 2016 election, Yes, I did. Yes, I did. ; Whereas President Trump stated that the United States Government investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States election is a disaster for our country and a total witch hunt ; Whereas despite President Trump’s assertions that Russia did not interfere in the 2016 election, the Department of Justice has indicted and secured guilty pleas from multiple individuals over the course of its investigations into the Trump-Russia scandal; Whereas, on July 13, 2018, the Department of Justice indicted 12 Russian military intelligence officers for illegally hacking Democratic Party computer systems and subsequently distributing the material in furtherance of the Russian effort to interfere in the 2016 United States election; and Whereas in his belligerent behavior towards our closest allies and obsequious treatment of Vladimir Putin, President Trump calls into question the United States commitment to NATO, opposition to Russian aggression, and obligation to counter attacks on our shared democratic values: Now, therefore, be it