DISINFO: Russia did not intervene in 2016 and 2020 US election

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DISINFO: Russia did not intervene in 2016 and 2020 US election

SUMMARY

The Kremlin did not interfere with the US presidential election, neither in the 2016 contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, nor in the 2020 vote between President Trump and Joe Biden.

RESPONSE

Denying Russian meddling efforts in the US election process is a recurring element of pro-Kremlin propaganda. According to the findings of the US intelligence community, the illegal obtainment of electoral data also took place during the 2016 presidential election.

Electoral interference by Russian actors has been well-documented in numerous countries around the world. The independent research and media investigations point out to evidence linking Russian state actors with interference in various electoral processes, including the 2016 US presidential election, the Brexit referendum, in the 2017 French Presidential elections, in the 2017 German Parliamentary elections, etc. The list of essential research and analysis about the Kremlin's election meddling effort can be found here.

According to the latest US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report, the earlier Intelligence Community Assessment presented "a coherent and well-constructed intelligence basis for the case of unprecedented Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election".

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