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Sen. Lindsey Graham, also a Republican, said lawmakers from both major political parties remain skeptical of the denials that have come from the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin.<br\/><br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=a3e337eb-7ae4-46a4-a9b9-0fb1a883aeef\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Two of the Senate&#8217;s most prominent hardliners on Russia are framing the Washington consensus of Russian aggression as free from any disagreement whatsoever that is except from President-elect Donald Trump. Sen. Lindsey Graham for South Carolina said, &quot;I would say that 99 of us believe the Russians did this and we&#8217;re going to do something about it.&quot; Graham is planning a hearing with McCain on Russia&#8217;s interference with U.S. elections. 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