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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump thinks Russia didn't interfere in the election. An FBI official just said it did.
Trump may want to chat with this guy.
Updated by Alex Ward@AlexWardVoxalex.ward@vox.com Jun 21, 2017, 11:26am EDT
President Donald Trump still isnt convinced Russia tried to influence the 2016 presidential election and tilt the scales in his favor, deriding it as an excuse perpetuated by Democrats for losing in November.
He might want to talk to Bill Priestap, the FBIs assistant director of its counterintelligence division, who just told the Senate Intelligence Committee that Russia had mounted a sophisticated effort to undermine public confidence in the election and to specifically hurt Hillary Clinton and help Trump.
I think the primary goal, in my mind, was to sow discord, and to try to delegitimize our free and fair election process, Priestap said. I also think another of their goals, which the entire United States intelligence community stands behind, was to denigrate Secretary Clinton and to try to help then current President Trump.
Priestap is referencing a January report in which three US government agencies the FBI, the CIA, and the National Security Agency said Russia tried to give Trump a boost.
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leftstreet
(36,108 posts)He announces it's FAKE NEWS or Democratic excuses, without even showing the slightest interest in being informed by his own intel and justice people
LOSER!
Arkansas Granny
(31,516 posts)He knows damn good and we'll that they interfered. I won't be at all surprised to learn that his campaign was involved in some manner.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)News Media will not go there! They gave the GOP some 5 Billion in free Promo's and with Russian Cyber Meddling you think for one minute they will admit they screwed the pouch.
MedusaX
(1,129 posts)His royal pompous-ness likely has figured out that Vlad is not your average political kleptokrat...
Rather, he is an experienced extortionist....
*45 negotiated himself into a Quid pro Quo that requires he keep on giving to uncle Vlad...
What may have started off as a simple QPQ transactional deal:
Election outcome & some Rosneft shares distributed around to satisfy all the creditors
in exchange for sanction relief & a friendly WH
With the potential for some additional really "great" deals...
Has turned out actually to be
a choice between Polonium Schnopps and
Asset Forfeiture & NY State mandated lodging.
chaplain_M
(48 posts)He states that "Rusher" didn't interfere with the election. He's clearly referring to defensive tackle Aaron Donald, who has never been involved in any election fraud.