Update to Senate Republicans prove to be Putin’s comrades in election interference. Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman of the Washington Post report “President Trump’s own intelligence officials just released a statement confirming something we all know: Russia is interfering in our election with the express goal of harming Trump’s opponent, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.” … Read more
The New York Times reported, State Dept. Traces Russian Disinformation Links: Russia continues to use a network of proxy websites to spread pro-Kremlin disinformation and propaganda in the United States and other parts of the West, according to a State Department report released on Wednesday. The report is one of the most detailed explanations yet … Read more
The Moscow Project tracked: A total of 272 contacts between Trump’s team and Russia-linked operatives have been identified, including at least 38 meetings. And we know that at least 33 high-ranking campaign officials and Trump advisers were aware of contacts with Russia-linked operatives during the campaign and transition, including Trump himself. None of these contacts were ever reported to the … Read more
Jonathan Swan of Axios did an interview with Donald Trump for “Axios on HBO” on Tuesday. Swan specifically confronted Trump with the question that a cowered White House press corps has failed to confront him with for much of the past month: “Have you confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin about U.S. intelligence reports that Russia … Read more
Last week the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) was still working to secure witness depositions for current and former advisers to Joe Biden as part of an investigation into the former vice president’s son, an escalation of GOP scrutiny of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and his family. … Read more