Whereas, on October 7, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued a joint statement, which concluded that the intelligence community of the United States was confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from U.S. persons and institutions, including from U.S. political organizations and that these thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the U.S. election process ; Whereas, on January 6, 2017, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, on behalf of all 17 intelligence agencies, released an unclassified report entitled Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections , which included analysis by the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the National Security Agency that asserted Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. Presidential election. Russia’s goals were to undermine public faith in the U.S. democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency ; Whereas the unclassified report from the intelligence community found that Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump as well as aspired to help President-elect Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him . On November 11, 2017, the Central Intelligence Agency, led by then-Director Mike Pompeo, issued a statement saying The director stands by and has always stood by the January 2017 intelligence community assessment and that the intelligence assessment with regard to Russian election meddling has not changed ; Whereas, on May 16, 2018, Richard M. Burr, the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, stated There is no doubt that Russia undertook an unprecedented effort to interfere with our 2016 elections