A group of Democratic lawmakers urged the Trump administration to impose new sanctions on Russia over Moscow’s attempts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. 

“Congress mandated a broad range of sanctions tools, and it is long past time for the administration to send a direct message to President Putin: the U.S. will respond immediately and forcefully to continuing election interference by the government of the Russian Federation and its surrogates, to punish, deter and substantially increase the economic and political costs of such interference,” read a letter sent Thursday to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

The letter was signed by Senate Minority Leader, Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., along with Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., among others. 

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