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Originally Posted by zeek

"A January 2017 assessment by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) stated that Russian leadership preferred presidential candidate Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, and that Russian president Vladimir Putin personally ordered an 'influence campaign' to harm Clinton's electoral chances and 'undermine public faith in the US democratic process.'

On October 7, 2016, the ODNI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) jointly stated that the U.S. Intelligence Community was confident that the Russian Government directed recent hacking of e-mails with the intention of interfering with the U.S. election process.

According to the ODNI′s January 6, 2017 report, the Russian military intelligence service (GRU) had hacked the servers of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the personal Google email account of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta and forwarded their contents to WikiLeaks. "The forensic evidence linking the DNC breach to known Russian operations is very strong.

In January 2017, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified that Russia also interfered in the elections by disseminating fake news that was promoted on social media."

Again, none of this is evidence that Trump or his campaign colluded with them.

This is an example of the Pot calling the kettle black. The US interferes in elections all over the world all the time.

It is also hypocritical. When SCOTUS decided that corporations could spend unlimited dollars on elections they opened the door for all kinds of influence. Now all of a sudden they are offended that the Russians are influencing elections? As bad as this is, and I agree it is reprehensible, how is Russian influence any worse than a corporation that wants a payback (perhaps a cut in corporate taxes) or maybe shutting down the EPA or maybe telling the CDC what they can and cannot say?