Report on Russia's 2016 US Election Meddling Disappears from Senate Website
Source: Newsweek
Published Jun 03, 2025 at 5:01 AM EDT
Internet users have noted how a report by the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that looked into claims of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election went offline from the U.S. Senate website. As of 3 a.m. ET Tuesday, the intelligence.senate.gov page, whose url contained keywords referring to the bipartisan committee's release of its first volume into the Russia report, said "no results found," although it is available via another government website. Newsweek has contacted the White House and the select committee leadership outside of office hours via email for comment.
Why It Matters
Unavailable government webpage messages have appeared since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. These have been put down to changes across all forms of government in the transition from Joe Biden's administration to Trump's second term in office.
What To Know
On Monday, the Reddit page r/craftofintelligence posted that a document from the bipartisan intelligence committee, which investigated claims of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election that Trump won, was no longer available on the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence website.
A click on the link prompted the message "no results found" above a line that read, "the page you requested could not found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post." Underneath the Reddit post, one user said that the wayback machine digital archive showed the reports were last available on May 13. Newsweek was unable to find any fresh versions of the page beyond that date on the web archiving service.
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