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Showing Original Post only (View all)How The Russian Social Media Effort Boosted Bernie [View all]
below article from 2018
The allegations are laid out in a recent charges by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
The 37-page indictment handed down last month includes dozens of allegations that Russians stole Americans' identities and created fake Facebook and Twitter accounts that worked as internet trolls designed to sow discord in the campaign.
And part of the effort was designed to assist Sanders, the special counsel said.
The indictment quotes a specific order given to the covert campaign to "use any opportunity to criticize Hillary and the rest (except Sanders and Trump we support them)."
Sanders, a potential leading contender in the 2020 presidential contest, has tried to minimize the Russian meddling on his behalf.
The two-front cyber war included hacks and leaks of Democratic Party emails, including those by John Podesta, Clinton's campaign chairman.
https://www.vpr.org/post/how-russian-social-media-effort-boosted-bernie#stream/0
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Yeah, that's the same rationale Greenwald and Assange use to justify their actions
BannonsLiver
Apr 2019
#36
Yes...and there are even folks here who are parotting Trump's "We do bad things too" equivocation.
lapucelle
Apr 2019
#58
Just because we (the US) "infiltrated" other elections we should roll over and accept....
George II
Apr 2019
#51
Russian interference sought to boost Bernie Sanders in 2016, Mueller report says
Gothmog
Apr 2019
#30
The spin in the article is Russian Hysteria. Sanders is not responsible and has no need to
jalan48
Apr 2019
#42
Thanks for the heads up dude. I'll keep an eye peeled myself. You never know who's working the
jalan48
Apr 2019
#72
"But Bernie supporters held the 'Hillary 2016 for Prison' signs up at their rallies, too, and
betsuni
Apr 2019
#73