Putin ordered 'influence campaign', sought to help Trump, US report finds
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2017-01-07
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A newly-released, declassified US intelligence report has found Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an ‘influence campaign’ in the 2016 US presidential election.
The report claims that Putin’s alleged actions aimed to undermine the democratic process and besmirch Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
Prior to the release of the report, US officials accused the Kremlin of being responsible for the hacking of Democratic Party emails, in an effort to denigrate his rival.
The newly-released document finds that the Russian president sought to help Republican candidate and eventual winner, Donald Trump.
“We further assess Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump,” the report states.
“We also assess Putin and the Russian Government aspired to help President-elect Trump’s chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him.”
Trump has consistently questioned US intelligence claims of Russian hacking.
After being briefed on the report by intelligence chiefs, the president-elect said the election outcome had not been affected.
Russia denies any involvement in the hacking. WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, says Moscow is not the source of the stolen Democratic Party emails, which were leaked on the site in the run-up to the November vote.
claims which the Kremlin has always denied.
who has developed a rocky relationship with U.S. spy agencies and at times disparaged their work, defended the legitimacy of his election victory after receiving a nearly two-hour briefing Friday on the report.
Moscow conducted cyber attacks on both the Democratic and the Republican parties but that its primary aims were to hurt it made clear that the primary aims were to harm Clinton whether or not she won the election and evolved over time.
FROM REPORT
“We assess with high confidence that Russian military intelligence (General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate or GRU) used the Guccifer 2.0 persona and DCLeaks.com to release U.S. victim data obtained in cyber operations publicly and in exclusives to media outlets and relayed material to WikiLeaks.”
FROM CNN
The intelligence community also assessed “with high confidence” that the GRU provided WikiLeaks with the material they obtained from hacking the Democratic National Committee and top Democratic officials.
by discrediting Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential campaign, U.S. intelligence agencies said in an assessment on Friday.
Russia’s objectives were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate former Secretary of State Clinton, make it harder for her to win and harm her presidency if she did, an unclassified report released by the top U.S. intelligence agency said.
“We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election,” the report said. “We further assess Putin and the Russian Govern
The report claims that Putin’s alleged actions aimed to undermine the democratic process and besmirch Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
Prior to the release of the report, US officials accused the Kremlin of being responsible for the hacking of Democratic Party emails, in an effort to denigrate his rival.
The newly-released document finds that the Russian president sought to help Republican candidate and eventual winner, Donald Trump.
“We further assess Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump,” the report states.
“We also assess Putin and the Russian Government aspired to help President-elect Trump’s chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him.”
Trump has consistently questioned US intelligence claims of Russian hacking.
After being briefed on the report by intelligence chiefs, the president-elect said the election outcome had not been affected.
Russia denies any involvement in the hacking. WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, says Moscow is not the source of the stolen Democratic Party emails, which were leaked on the site in the run-up to the November vote.
claims which the Kremlin has always denied.
who has developed a rocky relationship with U.S. spy agencies and at times disparaged their work, defended the legitimacy of his election victory after receiving a nearly two-hour briefing Friday on the report.
Moscow conducted cyber attacks on both the Democratic and the Republican parties but that its primary aims were to hurt it made clear that the primary aims were to harm Clinton whether or not she won the election and evolved over time.
FROM REPORT
“We assess with high confidence that Russian military intelligence (General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate or GRU) used the Guccifer 2.0 persona and DCLeaks.com to release U.S. victim data obtained in cyber operations publicly and in exclusives to media outlets and relayed material to WikiLeaks.”
FROM CNN
The intelligence community also assessed “with high confidence” that the GRU provided WikiLeaks with the material they obtained from hacking the Democratic National Committee and top Democratic officials.
by discrediting Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential campaign, U.S. intelligence agencies said in an assessment on Friday.
Russia’s objectives were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate former Secretary of State Clinton, make it harder for her to win and harm her presidency if she did, an unclassified report released by the top U.S. intelligence agency said.
“We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election,” the report said. “We further assess Putin and the Russian Govern
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