U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, leave the stage together at the conclusion of their joint news conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. Associated Press/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Andrew Weissmann, a former federal prosecutor who worked on the special counsel Robert Mueller`s team, told Insider that Russia`s interference in the 2016 election was `much worse` than Pearl Harbor. `Obviously, Pearl Harbor had a loss of life, and I`m not trying to say that`s comparable, but in terms of the effect and undermining our democracy, it`s arguably much worse,` he said in an interview. Weissmann recently released a...
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