New Declassified Report: Putin ‘Ordered’ Campaign To Influence Presidential Election

Russian President Vladimir Putin briefs the media after a meeting with the leaders of Germany, Ukraine and France in Berlin, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed Wednesda... Russian President Vladimir Putin briefs the media after a meeting with the leaders of Germany, Ukraine and France in Berlin, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed Wednesday on a 'road map' aimed at reviving the stalled peace process in eastern Ukraine, though details of the plan still need to be worked out by the countries' foreign ministers over the coming month. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) MORE LESS
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A new declassified report says Russian President Vladimir Putin “ordered” an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election.

U.S. intelligence officials released the 25-page public version of the report Friday, after they briefed President-elect Donald Trump and top lawmakers on Capitol Hill from a longer, classified version.

The report says Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election represent the most recent expression of Moscow’s long-standing desire to undermine the U.S.-led liberal democratic order. It says the scope of Russia’s activities was significantly larger compared with previous operations.

After his briefing, Trump stopped short of embracing the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia interfered in the presidential campaign, saying only that any hacking attempts had “absolutely no effect” on the outcome of the election.

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