1 in 4 Electoral College Democrats want intelligence briefing on Russian interference

About one in four Democrats on the Electoral College have signed a letter, demanding that they and their fellow electors get an intelligence briefing on Russian interference during the 2016 presidential election.

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By Thursday morning, the letter, which was initially signed by nine Democratic electors and a lone Republican, had garnered 68 signatures from electors in 18 states. However, Politico reported, the signers did not include the nation's most high-profile Democratic electors, such as former President Bill Clinton and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Electors will cast their votes Monday.

In the letter addressed to National Intelligence Director James Clapper, electors said a briefing is necessary to ensure a foreign power did not inappropriately sway the election, and "that the American people elect a president who is constitutionally qualified and fit to serve."

The letter asked for electors to be briefed on "whether there are ongoing investigations into ties between Donald Trump, his campaign or associates and Russian government interference in the election; the scope of those investigations; how far those investigations may have reached and who was involved in those investigations."

"We further require a briefing on all investigative findings, as these matters directly impact the core factors in our deliberations of whether Mr. Trump is fit to serve as president of the United States," the letter said.

New York state Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins is among the 67 Democratic electors who signed the letter. She told News 12 Westchester that despite critics, including Trump, who framed the issue as a partisan witch-hunt, the request was "fair."

"It is very scary to our democracy, so if there are things that we ought to know about interference, I say that we should be briefed and informed," she said.

Texas elector Chris Suprun was the only Republican to sign the letter. He has previously said he will not cast his vote for Trump.

The request for a briefing came after intelligence officials concluded with "high confidence" that Russia intervened in the election for the purpose of electing Trump.

Officials previously warned of Russian ties to hacking scandals that plagued Democrats in the race to the White House. The reports have been consistently dismissed by the president-elect.

"I don't believe they interfered," Trump told Time magazine last week. "It could be Russia. And it could be China. And it could be some guy in his home in New Jersey."

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