US announces new sanctions over 2020 election interference

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has sanctioned more than a half-dozen associates of a Ukrainian lawmaker blamed by U.S. officials for interfering in the 2020 presidential election by releasing edited audio recordings of President-elect Joe Biden. The Treasury Department action on Monday follows September sanctions against Andrii Derkach. U.S. officials have characterized Derkach as an “active Russian agent.” They have said that he was part of a broader Russian effort