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Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections

The government of Russia interfered with the 2016 United States presidential election to harm Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, cause political disagreements among American people, and help the campaigns of Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein.[1][2]

On October 7, 2016, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that the United States Intelligence Community was sure that the Russian government hacked into e-mail servers with the intention of interfering with the election.[3] The ODNI's January 6, 2017 report said the Russian military intelligence service (GRU) had hacked into the servers of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the personal Google email account of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta and sent the files to WikiLeaks.[4][5]

In January 2017, Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper said that Russia had also interfered in the elections by creating fake news that was promoted on social media.[6]

Russian Interference In The 2016 United States Elections Media

  • Владимир Путин (18-06-2023) (cropped).jpg

    American intelligence agencies concluded that Russian president Vladimir Putin personally ordered the covert operation, code named Project Lakhta, while Putin denied the allegations.

  • Особняк Морозовых на Смоленском бульваре.jpg

    The Russian Institute for Strategic Studies began working for the Russian presidency after 2009.

  • Mark Zuckerberg F8 2019 Keynote (32830578717) (cropped).jpg

    Initially in 2016 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said, "I think the idea that fake news on Facebook influenced the election in any way, I think is a pretty crazy idea."

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    Former site of the Internet Research Agency in Saint Petersburg, Russia

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    Hillary Clinton at the 2016 Democratic National Convention

  • Debbie Wasserman Schultz official photo.jpg

    Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned her position as chairperson of the DNC.

  • RUEDA DE PRENSA CONJUNTA ENTRE CANCILLER RICARDO PATIÑO Y JULIAN ASSANGE (cropped).jpg

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

  • NSA Report on Russia Spearphishing.pdf

    Part of the 2017 NSA report as published by The Intercept.

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    John O. Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, in the Oval Office, January 4, 2010

  • James R. Clapper official portrait.jpg

    Official portrait of Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper.

  • Grand Jury Indicts 12 Russian Intelligence Officers for Hacking Offenses Related to 2016 Election.webm

    Twelve Russians were indicted for hacking at a press conference on July 13, 2018.

  • President Trump Holds a Joint Press Conference with the President of the Russian Federation.webm

    Trump and Putin answering questions from journalists on July 16, 2018. Video from the White House

  • Excerpt of Trump at a press conference on January 11, 2017

References

  1. ↑ Scott Shane; Mark Mazzetti (16 February 2018). "Inside a 3-Year Russian Campaign to Influence U.S. Voters" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/us/politics/russia-mueller-election.html. Retrieved 17 February 2018. 
  2. ↑ Brian Feldman (January 6, 2017). "DNI Report: High Confidence Russia Interfered With U.S. Election". nymag.com. http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/01/report-high-confidence-russia-interfered-with-u-s-election.html. Retrieved October 6, 2017. 
  3. ↑ "Joint Statement from the Department Of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security". Department of Homeland Security. October 7, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  4. ↑ Franceschi-Bicchierai, Lorenzo (October 20, 2016). New evidence proves Russian hackers were behind the hack on Podesta, connecting the dots on different parts of the complex hacking campaign.. vice.com. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mg7xjb/how-hackers-broke-into-john-podesta-and-colin-powells-gmail-accounts. Retrieved July 9, 2017. 
  5. ↑ Cyber researchers confirm Russian government hack of Democratic National Committee. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cyber-researchers-confirm-russian-government-hack-of-democratic-national-committee/2016/06/20/e7375bc0-3719-11e6-9ccd-d6005beac8b3_story.html. Retrieved July 26, 2016. 
  6. ↑ "Top U.S. intelligence official: Russia meddled in election by hacking, spreading of propaganda". The Washington Post. January 5, 2017.


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