A fresh CIA review agreed with earlier conclusions that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help President Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton — while criticizing what it called procedural flaws. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/world/politics/trump-cia-2016-assessment-putin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #johnratcliffe #cia #us #donaldtrump #republicans #vladimirputin
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"Trump’s #CIA backs 2016 assessment that #Putin wanted him to win
The latest findings put Ratcliffe in a bind with #Trump.. & the 8-page CIA note, dated June 26, waits until te bottom of te 7th page to mention tt te original report’s findings were sound — & then only under a section titled "Lessons Learned.” #Russian #government directed a broad #hacking operation to interfere in te #elections & undermine confidence in US democracy, b4 morphing into a campaign to damage #Clinton"
"Trump’s #CIA backs 2016 assessment that #Putin wanted him to win
The latest findings put Ratcliffe in a bind with #Trump.. & the 8-page CIA note, dated June 26, waits until te bottom of te 7th page to mention tt te original report’s findings were sound — & then only under a section titled "Lessons Learned.” #Russian #government directed a broad #hacking operation to interfere in te #elections & undermine confidence in US democracy, b4 morphing into a campaign to damage #Clinton"
