Report: Congress Investigating If Trump Team Used Voter Data Stolen By Russia

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 22: Voters line up at a temporary voting location in a trailer in the Arroyo Market Square shopping center in Las Vegas on the first day of early voting in Nevada on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016. (... UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 22: Voters line up at a temporary voting location in a trailer in the Arroyo Market Square shopping center in Las Vegas on the first day of early voting in Nevada on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Congress is investigating whether any private voter information allegedly stolen by Russian hackers was passed to or used by the Trump campaign, Time reported Thursday.

Ken Menzel, general counsel of the Illinois State Board of Elections, told Time that 90,000 state voter records were obtained through cyberattacks on their system, 90 percent of which contained drivers license numbers and a quarter of which contained the last four digits of voters’ Social Security numbers. Two anonymous sources close to congressional investigations into Russia’s election interference say lawmakers want to know if any of this stolen data eventually ended up in the hands of Trump’s team.

Time did not specify which of the five congressional committees looking into Russian interference in the election is investigating this specific thread.

This report is the latest indication that Russia’s cyberattacks on the United States’ electoral infrastructure, which include efforts to delete or alter voter data in Illinois and targeted attacks on election systems in 21 states, are becoming a focus of congressional and federal probes into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

CNN reported last week that the House Intelligence Committee wants to speak with Brad Parscale, digital director for the Trump campaign, while the Senate Intelligence Committee reportedly wants to meet with Trump son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner, who oversaw the campaign’s data operations. Campaign and transition officials have also been asked to preserve all documents related to Russia and Ukraine.

Federal investigators are scrutinizing the campaign’s data operation to see if Russian intelligence operatives relied on Trump associates or their data to strategically target specific states and demographic groups with “fake news” stories and social media bots, according to CNN.

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  1. No wonder MANGOTUS wants the investigation to go away.

  2. ”Russia’s cyberattacks on the United States’ electoral infrastructure, which include efforts to delete or alter voter data in Illinois and targeted attacks on election systems in 21 states…”

    ”Look – over there – Clinton emails!”

    ”Pizzagate!”

    ”Benghaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazi!!!”

  3. MANGOTUS just tweeted that he has no recordings of Comey. Now we are faced with the choice: Whom to believe.

    Bet MANGOTUS now wishes he hadn’t started his tenure lying about the size of the crowds and following up with lying about everything else. He has no “goodwill” with anyone but the base base who supports him no matter what.

  4. So now we are admitting that Russia successfully hacked state voter systems AND STOLE INFORMATION!!!
    That’s a huge admission it seems to me. Now, they’re investigating the tie in to see if the Trump campaign used that info. Brad Parscale, Steve Bannon - time for you to come clean.

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