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   From: raykeller@gop.net   
      
   Russia, Trump, and the 2016 U.S. Election   
   Charges of foreign power interference in the U.S. presidential election have   
   raised grave national security concerns and touched off multiple federal   
   inquiries that could drag on for months.   
      
   Who accuses Russia of interfering in the election?   
      
   The CIA, FBI, and National Security Agency have jointly stated with “high   
   confidence” that the Russian government conducted a sophisticated campaign to   
   influence the recent election. President Vladimir Putin ordered the effort,   
   the U.S. agencies said in a January 2017 report [PDF], with the dual aims of   
   damaging Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and undermining the U.S.   
   democratic process. “Putin and the Russian government developed a clear   
   preference for President-elect Trump,” the declassified version of the report   
   said.   
      
   Trump’s transition team initially downplayed the intelligence community’s   
   assessment. “These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons   
   of mass destruction,” the team said in a statement. But in a press conference   
   weeks later, Trump said, “As far as hacking, I think it was Russia. But I   
   think we also get hacked by other countries and other people.”   
      
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