of state making the chief elections official, the hacking allegation is a way to distract voters from his record. there was never a hack, never a problem, he s abusing his power, he is the candidate, a lector and guardian of the system. that is wrong. reporter: according to the person who reported the security breach that allowed hackers to go into the online system and access another person s the owner record and personal information, that the democrat party georgia is under investigation for possible cybercrimes. this is a cruel investigation, very serious matter. we handled this like we always do, cyberincidents, they found it to be credible enough to open a criminal investigation, it will let them take the lead on
friday brian kemp was notified there was yet another flaw in the election security system twice before he has accidentally released the information on 6 million georgians. this was about to happen again. instead of taking responsibility and seeking a way to fix it, he decided to blame democrats because he does that. he doesn t take accountability. we just received word that the georgia bureau of investigation will look into the hacking allegation. we are told the officials meeting with their counterparts and the fbi this morning. there are a lot of last minute twists and a lot of campaigns around the country. what s the point of this one? i was down there this weekend. it is extraordinarily tense. so many echoes of the 1960s and voting access there. so many overlapping concerns about the way brian kemp administered his office and access to the polls. just friday alone, he lost two separate decisions in federal court requiring them to make
maybe the justice department would let that go but not secretary shulkin. he suggested that maybe that e-mail was doctored by a hacker. huh? well, this morning the secretary arrived on capitol hill for what was supposed to be a budget oversight hearing. watch his response when a lawmaker suggests that actually they should take this hacking allegation quite seriously. i would just say before moving on to the budget, the allegations of a potential hacking of a v.a. computer system with ill intent is a serious matter. i would ask you, mr. secretary, we re prepared to ask the department of justice to look into that if you think that s appropriate and we will follow up to see if that s the appropriate action to go on. you you would like to look at which now? i said my chief of staff couldn t possibly have messed up her e-mail, it must have been hacked. you re going to send that to the
quickly became the subject of a serious internet war between liberal blogs suggesting it s a right wing conspiracy, and conservative blogs questioning weiner s hacking claim. a conservative blogger whose big government.com first reported the story suggested to cnn there should be a, quote, forensic analysis to determine the veracity of congressman weiner s hacking allegation, which certainly bears criminal implications. dana bash joins us live from capitol hill where congressman weiner spoke just a few minutes ago. dana, you were there in that room. what did he say? did he explain what had actually happened? reporter: well, i should say, our producer, rachel straig straightfeld was there. but the answer is not really. one of the questions we have, why is the police not investigating? according to the capitol police and fbi, they are not investigating. the question is, has he asked the police to look into it. this is what he said. i m going to return to working other things i care
blogger, whose site first reported the story, suggested there should be a forensic analysis to determine the veracity of congressman weiner s hacking allegation, which certainly bears criminal implications. a spokesman for the fbi tells cnn they re not investigating this alleged hacking of a member of congress twitter account. weiner has hired a lawyer to investigate the next steps and get advice on what civil or criminal actions could be taken. the office is downplaying this as a prank and are loathe to treat it as more. dana bash, cnn, washington. if you are planning to visit any federal monuments this summer in washington, d.c., just remember, do not dance. not even quietly. because you can t dance there. it s banned. check out this video from saturday. five people were protesting that dancing ban by getting a little footloose inside the jefferson memorial in d.c. look at this, i u.s. park police officer having none of it. there is now an investigation