 Complete the following phrase:  In July 2018, Nielsen said there were no signs that Russia was targeting the 2018 midterm elections in the same scale or scope as it did in 2016. At the Aspen Security Forum, Aspen, Colorado, during an interview by Peter Alexander of NBC on July 19, 2018, Nielsen stated that Russians had absolutely interfered in the United States presidential election in 2016. When Alexander asked if Russians had interfered in favor of Donald Trump, Nielsen responded, I have not seen any evidence that the attempts to interfere in our election infrastructure was to favor a particular political party. I think what we have seen on the foreign influence side is they were attempting to intervene and cause chaos on both sides. Prior to this on July 16, 2018, at the joint press conference in Helsinki after 