The following article by Griffin Connolly was posted on the Roll Call website August 6, 2018:
‘We all do it,’ Kentucky Republican has said of election interference
Sen. Rand Paul invited top Russian government officials to visit the U.S. later this year to continue a dialogue on important national security issues, he announced Monday.
The Kentucky Republican, who is leading a legislative delegation in the country this week, met with Konstantin Kosachev, the chairman of the Russian Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs. That committee is the Russian equivalent of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee that Paul sits on.
“Engagement is vital to our national security and peace around the world,” Paul said in a statement.