Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections

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Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections

Location	Internet
Cause	unresolved
Outcome	unresolved
Inquiries	unresolved
Suspect(s)	Russia
Charges	interference
Verdict	unresolved
Convictions	unresolved
Litigation	unresolved

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The United States Intelligence Community has concluded with high confidence that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. A January 2017 assessment by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) stated that Russia favored presidential candidate Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, and that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered an "influence campaign" to harm Clinton's electoral chances and "undermine public faith in the US democratic process". However, others have concluded that there "is still no evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 election" and Obama's DHS Secretary, Jeh Johnson has stated that "I know of no evidence that through cyber intrusion, votes were altered or suppressed in some way."

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American statements

The mainstream corporate media view is covered in the official narrative article.

To date, there is no evidence for Russian hacking.

Vocal skeptics and opponents express doubts and believe Russia is innocent until proven guilty. Some say they are beating the drums for war without evidence.

List of American skeptics

• Jeh Johnson, Obama's DHS Secretary, has stated that "I know of no evidence that through cyber intrusion, votes were altered or suppressed in some way."
• Dianne Feinstein, Senator of California, in March 2017, to CNN's Wolf Blitzer asking if she had any evidence of collusion stated, "Not at this time."
• Jimmy Dore, American comedian and progressive co-host on alternative news The Young Turks
• Caleb Maupin, progressive RT journalist and political analyst
• Lionel (radio personality), American radio and television personality; media, political, and legal analyst.
• Judd Apatow, feature film director, comedian
• Joe Rogan, comedian, podcast interviewer, cultural analyst, martial artist
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Russian statements

Russia denies hacking the DNC server.

Russia claims US interference in the Russian elections. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The American CIA has been meddling in elections around the world for decades.[5] [6]

• United States involvement in regime change
• Foreign electoral intervention, official narrative
• Overseas interventions of the United States
• United States intervention in Chile
• United States–Venezuela relations
• Latin America–United States relations

International statements

The mainstream corporate media view is covered in the official narrative article.

Vocal skeptics and opponents express doubts and believe Russia is innocent until proven guilty. Some say they are beating the drums for war without evidence.

List of International skeptics

• Julian Assange tweeted to a TwitLonger that starts, "Why the Democratic party is doomed: 1. The Democratic establishment has vortexed the party's narrative energy into hysteria about Russia (a state with a lower GDP than South Korea)."'
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Murder of Seth Rich

Seth Rich was fatally shot in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Washington, D.C. He was a 27-year-old employee of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). At the time of his death, Rich was the Voter Expansion Data Director at the DNC, where he had been employed for two years and had worked on a computer application to help voters locate polling stations.

In August, WikiLeaks offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to a conviction.

Regardless of the different conspiracy theories, and the allegedly suspicious absence of the murder of Seth Rich and the PizzaGate "puzzle-holes" in corporate mainstream media stories about election interference, the following is generally held true by most outsider analysts: For whatever reasons, alive or dead, if Seth Rich was the actual source of the never-refuted authentic WikiLeaks documents, then the Russians did not hack the DNC server which was refused FBI inspection, and all the excuses for conflict should be seen as transparent rallying for war profiteering.

See also

• Shadow Party
• Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, official narrative
• Democratic National Committee cyber attacks, official narrative
• Democratic National Committee cyber attacks
• United States involvement in regime change
• Foreign electoral intervention, official narrative
• Overseas interventions of the United States
• United States intervention in Chile
• United States–Venezuela relations
• Latin America–United States relations
• Overseas interventions of the United States
• CIA activities in Syria
• CIA activities in Canada
• CIA influence on public opinion
• Clinton ties to Russia
• Kakistocracy
• Oligarchy
• Electoral fraud
• Voter suppression
• Cyber intrusion

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