Russian interference
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PublishedAugust 7, 2020
Pro-Russia vaccine misinformation finds home in U.S. Facebook groups
A false report claiming five Ukrainians had died after taking an American-made vaccine spread in just a matter of days from a small Kremlin-friendly Ukrainian website to an audience of thousands.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2020
Ex-Justice official says Flynn secretly ‘neutered’ Obama’s actions on Russia
Sally Yates has been a target of the president and many Republicans for her brief oversight of the investigation of Russia's election interference in 2016 and possible conspiracy with the Trump campaign.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2020
Trump confirms cyberattack on Russian trolls to deter them during 2018 midterms
The admission is a rare instance of the president acknowledging that Moscow had malign intent with respect to U.S. democracy.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2020
In reversal, Justice Department says Roger Stone should go to prison during pandemic
Stone, sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying to Congress, has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington to let him report to prison on Sept. 3 instead of July 14.
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PublishedMay 19, 2020
John Ratcliffe, Trump’s pick for top intelligence post, clears divided Senate panel
Ratcliffe had previously withdrawn his name under criticism that he had exaggerated his involvement in terrorism cases when he served as a federal prosecutor.
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PublishedApril 21, 2020
Senate committee confirms assessment that Russia interfered in 2016
Senators warned Russia could interfere again this presidential election year.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2020
Trump minimizes intelligence experts’ warnings on Russian interference
Intelligence officials told lawmakers in a classified briefing last week that Russia is meddling with the hope of getting Trump reelected.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2020
Julian Assange says Trump administration offered a pardon if he denied Russian interference
A lawyer for the WikiLeaks founder says former Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, who lives in Maine, made the offer on instructions from the president.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2019
Commentary: Impeachment is different this time, but the script is already written
There are a few similarities – and one big difference – between 1998 and 2019.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2019
Researchers uncover Russian-style disinformation operation targeting British elections
Graphika, a cyber intelligence firm, detailed the online effort to target mostly British politicians, celebrities and journalists with documents appearing to reveal key U.S.-U.K. trade negotiations.