Did President-Elect Donald Trump benefit from Russian hacking? It’s probable—but not certain ©Van Tine Dennis/ABACA/ABACA/PA Images
So, it’s official. Russia helped Donald Trump win the American presidential election by hacking into Democratic Party computers, stealing emails and feeding them to media outlets such as Wikileaks, according to a report released last Friday by the US intelligence community. What is more, this was all directed by Vladimir Putin himself.
“We assess with high confidence,” the report states, “that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election, the consistent goals of which were to undermine public …read more
Source: Prospect
