GOP senator blasted for floating Ukraine hacking theory on Fox News

Chris Wallace and John Kennedy.
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Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Sunday told host Chris Wallace during an appearance on Fox News Sunday that he doesn't know if it was Russia or Ukraine who hacked the Democratic National Committee's server in 2016. "Nor do you, nor do any of us," Kennedy said.

Wallace countered that the U.S. intelligence community stands behind the assertion that it was Russia, but Kennedy apparently doesn't think that's enough and continued to give a platform to the theory that it was Ukraine.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.