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US intelligence report says Russia used Trump allies to influence 2020 election with goal of 'denigrating' Biden

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3/16/21
The US intelligence community said in a landmark report Tuesday that the Russian government meddled in the 2020 election with an influence campaign "denigrating" President Joe Biden and "supporting" former President Donald Trump, detailing a massive disinformation push that successfully targeted, and was openly embraced, by Trump's allies. Russia's objectives were not limited to hurting Biden's candidacy and aiding Trump's reelection bid, the report says, as US intelligence found that Moscow also sought to undermine "public confidence in the electoral process and exacerbate sociopolitical divisions in the US." Overall, the report released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence provides the most comprehensive assessment of foreign threats to the 2020 elections to date, detailing extensive influence operations by US adversaries, including Russia and Iran, that sought to undermine confidence in the democratic process, in addition to targeting specific presidential candidates. It also confirms what was largely assumed, and barely hidden, last year: Trump and his closest allies publicly embraced Russia's disinformation campaign against Biden, met with Kremlin-linked figures who were part of the effort, and promoted their conspiracy theories.

The Biden administration is expected to announce sanctions related to election interference as soon as next week, three US State Department officials told CNN. The officials did not disclose any details related to the expected sanctions but said that they will target multiple countries including Russia, China and Iran. The report concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin was "aware of and probably directed" the operation to hurt Biden -- and give Trump a boost, much like he did in the 2016 election. For example, the US intelligence agencies assessed that Putin "had purview over the activities of Andriy Derkach," the Ukrainian lawmaker who met with Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani and repeatedly promoted anti-Biden disinformation. CNN has previously reported that Giuliani and other allies of the former President publicly aligned with Kremlin-linked figures like Derkach and others, even as the US government warned that they were spreading lies. Giuliani did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment Tuesday. The report was a wholesale repudiation of many false narratives that were pushed by right-wing news outlets, including claims about Biden's dealings in Ukraine and widespread voter fraud. The report said Russia tried to "launder influence narratives ... through US media organizations," but didn't name the specific outlets that were involved.


Trump personal attorney Rudy Giuliani met numerous times in Ukraine with known Russian agents Andriy Derkach, Konstantin Kilimnik, and Andriy Telizhenko to acquire fabricated dirt in Joe Biden.

Donald Trump's claim of Chinese 2020 election meddling were dismissed by the US intelligence agencies.

DNI - Foreign Threats to the 2020 US Federal Elections

Spy Agencies Reject Trump Claim of China Election Meddling
 




Trump personal attorney Rudy Giuliani met numerous times in Ukraine with known Russian agents Andriy Derkach, Konstantin Kilimnik, and Andriy Telizhenko to acquire fabricated dirt in Joe Biden.

Donald Trump's claim of Chinese 2020 election meddling were dismissed by the US intelligence agencies.

DNI - Foreign Threats to the 2020 US Federal Elections

Spy Agencies Reject Trump Claim of China Election Meddling
After the bullshit the Obama "intelligence community" spread all over the country, nobody in their right mind will expect Obama 2.0's "intelligence community" to be spreading anything different.

Hell, they are so incompetent they can't even come up with NEW bullshit.

Someone needs to tell Obama 2.0 that we are drowning in bullshit.
 




Trump personal attorney Rudy Giuliani met numerous times in Ukraine with known Russian agents Andriy Derkach, Konstantin Kilimnik, and Andriy Telizhenko to acquire fabricated dirt in Joe Biden.

Donald Trump's claim of Chinese 2020 election meddling were dismissed by the US intelligence agencies.

DNI - Foreign Threats to the 2020 US Federal Elections

Spy Agencies Reject Trump Claim of China Election Meddling

Who needs the Russians to denigrate Biden? He does a fine job all by himself. Just look at his physical appearance, his unsteady gait, his deer in the headlight stare, his inability to answer questions without stumbling over words and not to mention the fact that he is still in hiding.
 
Isn't it funny that when Russia is mentioned, all the Trump shills suddenly rush in to defend their motherland.
 
Isn't it funny that when Russia is mentioned, all the Trump shills suddenly rush in to defend their motherland.

Even more funny is how the DEMONRATS always blame Russian and Trump for every little thing. Remarkably they share no blame, it's always the other guy.
 
I think what a lot of people don't know is that Andrii Telizhenko, the person that Johnson wants documents from, WANTS to be subpoenaed. He has been trying to get his information into the public eye for quite some time. Not only about Ukraine/Burisma/the Bidens, but also about DNC/Hillary efforts to get dirt from a foreign country on a political rival.

The House Dems, during their impeachment nonsense wanted no part of it...for good reason. The information would have blown up their impeachment efforts. The media has been ignoring the man...for good reason. They are the propaganda arm of the DNC. What hurts the Dems hurts them. And Trump hating Republicans (Romney) want no part of this because it'll help Trump.

Anyway, here is more on the story...

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Trump personal attorney Rudy Giuliani met numerous times in Ukraine with known Russian agents Andriy Derkach, Konstantin Kilimnik, and Andriy Telizhenko to acquire fabricated dirt in Joe Biden.

Donald Trump's claim of Chinese 2020 election meddling were dismissed by the US intelligence agencies.

DNI - Foreign Threats to the 2020 US Federal Elections

Spy Agencies Reject Trump Claim of China Election Meddling

After the bullshit the Obama "intelligence community" spread all over the country, nobody in their right mind will expect Obama 2.0's "intelligence community" to be spreading anything different.

Hell, they are so incompetent they can't even come up with NEW bullshit.

Someone needs to tell Obama 2.0 that we are drowning in bullshit.

Isn't it funny that when Russia is mentioned, all the Trump shills suddenly rush in to defend their motherland.

"..
Chairman Johnson repeatedly impugned Vice President Biden in public on the basis of secret
evidence he claimed to have obtained. Contrary to his public insinuations, the Chairmen’s
investigation found no evidence that the former Vice President did anything wrong in his efforts
to carry out official U.S foreign policy in Ukraine. This premise was advanced by the Chairmen
with the explicit intention of tarnishing Vice President Biden’s reputation and his candidacy for
President of the United States, even though it required the Chairmen to discount the testimony of
Trump appointees and career Foreign Service officers in favor of Russian-backed conspiracy
theories.

Every witness interviewed for this investigation testified that Vice President Biden did not alter
United States foreign policy to benefit his son Hunter Biden, and that Hunter Biden’s presence
on the board of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma had no effect on U.S. foreign policy. Every
witness stated that Hunter Biden and his associates had no role in the formulation of U.S. policy,
that Hunter Biden’s role did not influence U.S. foreign policy decisions, and that Vice President
Biden carried out U.S. foreign policy in the interest of the United States. The investigation’s
evidence, set forth in this Minority report, confirms there was no corruption, wrongdoing, or
impropriety on the part of Vice President Biden.

The U.S. policy to condition a loan guarantee in part on the removal of Ukraine’s Prosecutor
General Viktor Shokin was an anticorruption measure that received strong, bipartisan support at
the time, including from Chairman Johnson. Chairmen Johnson and Grassley did not raise any
concerns related to Hunter Biden’s position on the board of Burisma until Vice President Biden
became a top tier presidential candidate. Once Vice President Biden became the presumptive
Democratic nominee, the Majority escalated their politically motivated investigation in an effort
to damage his prospects as a challenger to President Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

The Chairmen relied on suspect sources – including known purveyors of Russian disinformation
narratives – as the basis for their initial inquiries: primarily Ukrainian national Andrii Telizhenko
and discredited American journalist John Solomon. Mr. Telizhenko – who is cited 42 times in
the Chairmen’s letters – has extensive ties to Mr. Derkach.
Mr. Telizhenko and Mr. Derkach

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Continued from my last post.

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each released leaks of alleged phone calls between former Vice President Biden and former
Ukrainian President Poroshenko on May 19, 2020, apparently timed to influence a Committee
vote the next day. On May 20, Chairman Johnson convened a Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs Committee vote to authorize subpoenas related to Mr. Telizhenko. Mr.
Telizhenko aided Mr. Derkach’s claims by translating them from Russian to make his
disinformation accessible to an American audience.

The Chairmen have uncovered absolutely no evidence of wrongdoing by Vice President Biden.
Instead, this effort has been a partisan and unnecessary distraction from important business
before both Committees as the country faces a once in a century pandemic. Since this
investigation began, 200,000 Americans have perished due to COVID-19. The Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has jurisdiction over pandemic preparedness and
response. And yet, this Committee has now spent more than twice as much time on the record in
this investigation than it has devoted to all of its COVID hearings, combined. At a time when
the Committees should be focusing on the health, safety and economic well-being of Americans,
the continued pursuit of this partisan investigation is a gross misuse of Committee time and
resources. .."
 
Isn't it funny that when Russia is mentioned, all the Trump shills suddenly rush in to defend their motherland.
Yup, they have no idea that they are the rubes....
 
After the bullshit the Obama "intelligence community" spread all over the country, nobody in their right mind will expect Obama 2.0's "intelligence community" to be spreading anything different.

Hell, they are so incompetent they can't even come up with NEW bullshit.

Someone needs to tell Obama 2.0 that we are drowning in bullshit.
Probably the worst things about the Obama and Biden administrations. Weaponizing the intelligence community and DOJ against political enemies.
 
Probably the worst things about the Obama and Biden administrations. Weaponizing the intelligence community and DOJ against political enemies.

Link(s) supporting your opinion, please!
 
Excerpted from the article, bolding added by me:
But while the report concludes that multiple foreign adversaries did attempt to interfere, it also notes there are "no indications that any foreign actor attempted to alter any technical aspect of the voting process in the 2020 US elections, including voter registration, casting ballots, vote tabulation, or reporting results."

How comforting that home grown GOP actors, rather than foreign actors, were the ones interfering with the voting process. We should all feel so much better now.
 
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