Justice Department Finds No Evidence That Foreign Meddling Impacted 2018 Election

A man fills walks past voting signs displayed outside a polling station during the mid-term elections in Hamtramck, Michigan, on Nov. 4, 2014. Joshua Lott/Getty Images

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence concluded in a classified report that foreign meddling did not have a material impact on the election and political infrastructure during the 2018 midterm election, according to a statement from the Justice Department.

President Donald Trump ordered intelligence and law enforcement authorities last year to regularly investigate foreign interference efforts in U.S. elections. Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen submitted the joint report to Trump on Feb. 4.