Mogon, how can you or anyone still pretend to be so uninformed??????

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/21/senate-intel-report-confirms-russia-aimed-to-help-trump-in-2016-198171

Senate Intel report confirms Russia aimed to help Trump in 2016

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/16/977958302/intelligence-report-russia-tried-to-help-trump-in-2020-election


Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized "influence operations aimed at denigrating President Biden's candidacy and the Democratic Party, supporting Trump, undermining public confidence in the electoral process and exacerbating socio-political divisions in the U.S," says the report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

The unclassified document is the most comprehensive look the intelligence community has released regarding foreign efforts to meddle in the 2020 election.



Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
Part of 2016 U.S. presidential election

ODNI declassified assessment of "Russian activities and intentions in recent U.S. elections"
Date June 16, 2015 – November 8, 2016
Motive Destabilization of the United States

Election of Donald Trump

Perpetrator Russia[who?]




2016 U.S. presidential election




The Russian government interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election with the goals of harming the campaign of Hillary Clinton, boosting the candidacy of Donald Trump, and increasing political and social discord in the United States. According to the U.S. intelligence community, the operation—code named Project Lakhta [1][2]—was ordered directly by Russian president Vladimir Putin.[3][4] The Special Counsel's report, made public in April 2019, examined numerous contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian officials but concluded that there was insufficient evidence to bring any conspiracy or coordination charges against Trump or his associates.

The Internet Research Agency (IRA), based in Saint Petersburg, Russia and described as a troll farm, created thousands of social media accounts that purported to be Americans supporting radical political groups and planned or promoted events in support of Trump and against Clinton. They reached millions of social media users between 2013 and 2017. Fabricated articles and disinformation were spread from Russian government-controlled media, and promoted on social media. Additionally, computer hackers affiliated with the Russian military intelligence service (GRU) infiltrated information systems of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), and Clinton campaign officials, notably chairman John Podesta, and publicly released stolen files and emails through DCLeaks, Guccifer 2.0 and WikiLeaks during the election campaign. Several individuals connected to Russia contacted various Trump campaign associates, offering business opportunities to the Trump Organization. Russian government officials have denied involvement in any of the hacks or leaks.


https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/cyber/russian-interference-in-2016-u-s-elections

Details:
On July 13, 2018, a federal grand jury sitting in the District of Columbia returned an indictment against 12 Russian military intelligence officers for their alleged roles in interfering with the 2016 United States (U.S.) elections. The indictment charges 11 defendants, Boris Alekseyevich Antonov, Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin, Nikolay Yuryevich Kozachek, Aleksey Viktorovich Lukashev, Artem Andreyevich Malyshev, Sergey Aleksandrovich Morgachev, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Osadchuk, Aleksey Aleksandrovich Potemkin, Ivan Sergeyevich Yermakov, Pavel Vyacheslavovich Yershov, and Viktor Borisovich Netyksho, with a computer hacking conspiracy involving gaining unauthorized access into the computers of U.S. persons and entities involved in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, stealing documents from those computers, and staging releases of the stolen documents to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The indictment also charges these defendants with aggravated identity theft, false registration of a domain name, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Two defendants, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Osadchuk and Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev, are charged with a separate conspiracy to commit computer crimes, relating to hacking into the computers of U.S. persons and entities responsible for the administration of 2016 U.S. elections, such as state boards of elections, secretaries of state, and U.S. companies that supplied software and other technology related to the administration of U.S. elections. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C. issued a federal arrest warrant for each of these defendants upon the grand jury’s return of the indictment.



THESE INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS, AN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT RISK, AND AN ESCAPE RISK


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-senate/senate-committee-concludes-russia-used-manafort-wikileaks-to-boost-trump-in-2016-idUSKCN25E1US

2020 CANDIDATE SLIDESHOWS
AUGUST 18, 20208:58 AMUPDATED 3 YEARS AGO
Senate committee concludes Russia used Manafort, WikiLeaks to boost Trump in 2016
By Mark Hosenball

4 MIN READ


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia used Republican political operative Paul Manafort and the WikiLeaks website to try to help now-U.S. President Donald Trump win the 2016 election, a Republican-led Senate committee said in its final review of the matter on Tuesday.

The report found President Vladimir Putin personally directed the Russian efforts to hack computer networks and accounts affiliated with the Democratic Party and leak information damaging to Clinton.

Oh geez flakes,, trump is the biggest loser, perhaps in the world.. look at how much his birth accident gave him and he has squandered nearly all of it.. even the billions Putin sent him seem to have evaporated.. gosh how much can one person lose even in a life time and I am only addressing the last few years.

If you are one of those who cling to others for security, you had best run like hell, his ultimate fate seems to extend to those who put out for him.. long before the scales of justice swing to him...

Jack Smith’s Corruption of the Justice System
An indictment filled with lies of commission and omission.

Trump’s Third Indictment Is Ludicrous
George Parry, a former federal and state prosecutor.

The case should be dismissed for failure to state an offense.

Under the brave new theory of criminal liability set forth in the election conspiracy indictment of former President Donald Trump, former Vice President Al Gore and the members, advisers, and lawyers of his 2000 presidential campaign belong in prison. The same goes for actor Martin Sheen and other Hollywood celebrities for their actions in the wake of the 2016 election.

Let me explain.

The indictment, filed Tuesday, charges three counts of conspiracy and one substantive count of obstruction related to an alleged effort to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election. The indictment avers that this effort was based on “dishonesty, fraud, and deceit” because Trump and his unindicted co-conspirators knew that their claims of election fraud were untrue.

The indictment magnanimously allows that Trump “had a right, like every American, to speak publicly about the election and even to claim, falsely, that there had been outcome-determinative fraud during the election and that he had won.”

But Trump supposedly violated the law by acting on those false claims. He and his co-conspirators allegedly became felons by urging state officials to search for voter fraud, proposing substitute electors in swing states, and attempting to persuade then–Vice President Mike Pence that he could legally refuse to count certain electoral votes when he presided over the Electoral College on Jan. 6.

Although the indictment acknowledges that none of these efforts were successful, it nevertheless avers that they constituted “three criminal conspiracies,” to wit:

A conspiracy to defraud the United States by using dishonesty, fraud, and deceit to impair, obstruct, and defeat the lawful federal government function by which the results of the presidential election are collected, counted, and certified….

A conspiracy to corruptly obstruct and impede the January 6 congressional proceeding at which the collected results of the presidential election are counted and certified….

A conspiracy against the right to vote and to have one’s vote counted.

To put it mildly, this indictment stretches the law of conspiracy to the breaking point and beyond. It effectively criminalizes constitutionally protected political discourse and election challenges.

While the indictment specifies Trump’s alleged deceptions, it fails to describe any actions that constitute criminal fraud. Under federal law, fraud is a scheme or plan to swindle victims — including the United States — out of money or tangible property. Trump’s alleged lies to change the outcome of the election may be many things, but they do not establish a legally cognizable criminal fraud.

As for the alleged conspiracy to “corruptly obstruct and impede” the Jan. 6 Electoral College vote count — where is the legally recognized criminal corruption? Trump and his lawyer co-conspirators considered, advocated, and acted on many controversial and highly questionable legal theories regarding the use of alternative slates of electors, but where is the law that says that acting on such theories is legally corrupt? And where does the criminalization of such behavior leave otherwise legally protected political speech and the right to challenge official actions?

And then there is the alleged conspiracy against the right to vote and to have one’s vote counted. This is based on the theory that Trump tried to nullify the votes of swing-state voters by advocating the use of alternative electors.

But that supposed civil-rights violation is based on 18 U.S.C. Sec. 241, a statute that traces its origins to the post–Civil War Reconstruction era when the Ku Klux Klan committed acts of force, terrorism, and violence to discourage blacks from voting. Indeed, one alternative provision in that statute outlaws two or more persons going “in disguise [read KKK masks and robes] on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent to hinder his/her free exercise or enjoyment of any right” such as the right to vote.

In short, the application of this statute to Trump seems to be a stretch too far.

Finally, Trump is charged with one substantive count of obstructing the proceedings of the Electoral College on Jan. 6. This is despite the fact that he has not been charged with instigating the Capitol Hill riot that delayed the electoral vote count.

So where does this lead, and what does it portend? If this legal theory is allowed to stand, then a politically partisan prosecutor could criminally charge anyone mounting a future election challenge. All it would take would be for the prosecutor to allege that the challenge was undertaken in bad faith.

The danger to free speech and the chilling effect on the willingness of candidates to seek public office can’t be overstated. The damage to our already onerous politics and electioneering would be incalculable.

Consider, for example, the 2000 presidential election and the Supreme Court case of Bush v. Gore. Recall that the election’s outcome hinged on the narrow margin of victory in Florida. In that case, candidate Al Gore refused to concede the election and demanded a recount limited to heavily Democrat counties in Florida. It was anticipated that this would find additional votes for Gore.

From a legal, ethical, and commonsense standpoint, Gore’s proposal was utterly dishonest and unfair. He and his lawyers had to have known that what they were advocating was underhanded and fraudulent. Nevertheless, in and out of court, they kept fighting for this one-sided recount until the Supreme Court mandated a statewide recount in all counties that included Republican as well as Democrat strongholds.

So, under the theory of the Trump indictment, wouldn’t Gore and his team be criminally prosecuted?

Similarly, recall that in the wake of the 2016 election, actor Martin Sheen and other celebrities appeared in television ads urging electors from states carried by Trump not to vote for him in the Electoral College. Applying the Trump indictment’s legal standards, shouldn’t these celebrities be prosecuted for conspiring to deprive Trump’s supporters of the right to have their votes counted? (READ MORE: Did a Hunter Biden Lawyer Break the Law in a Really Bizarre Way?)

These are but two examples of where the expansive legal theory underlying the charges against Trump can take us.

Given the ludicrous and outrageous nature of the indictment, I expect that Trump’s legal team will promptly move to dismiss the charges for failure to state an offense. That will set in motion years of litigation and appeals. But, even if Trump ultimately prevails in having the charges dismissed, the political and financial damage will have been done.

For, in our system of criminal justice, the process is the punishment.

Sorry but you are wrong on this one. The links posted regarding Russian interference in the election HAVE NOT been debunked at all. The Senate investigation was done during Trump's presidency and was headed by Republicans. Their findings 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆. Perm even posted the text - and you chose 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒕, thereby keeping yourself willfully uninformed simply because the info didn't come from someone in your tribe.

I know this is hard for you to accept, and your cognitive dissonance will probably not allow you to ingest the reality here, but IMO sometimes it's in our own best interest to put on our Big Boy pants and accept things - even if you don't like them - just because they are true. Truth is almost always better. Just saying.

Mogon, how can you or anyone still pretend to be so uninformed??????

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/21/senate-intel-report-confirms-russia-aimed-to-help-trump-in-2016-198171

Senate Intel report confirms Russia aimed to help Trump in 2016

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/16/977958302/intelligence-report-russia-tried-to-help-trump-in-2020-election


Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized "influence operations aimed at denigrating President Biden's candidacy and the Democratic Party, supporting Trump, undermining public confidence in the electoral process and exacerbating socio-political divisions in the U.S," says the report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

The unclassified document is the most comprehensive look the intelligence community has released regarding foreign efforts to meddle in the 2020 election.



Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
Part of 2016 U.S. presidential election

ODNI declassified assessment of "Russian activities and intentions in recent U.S. elections"
Date June 16, 2015 – November 8, 2016
Motive Destabilization of the United States

Election of Donald Trump

Perpetrator Russia[who?]




2016 U.S. presidential election




The Russian government interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election with the goals of harming the campaign of Hillary Clinton, boosting the candidacy of Donald Trump, and increasing political and social discord in the United States. According to the U.S. intelligence community, the operation—code named Project Lakhta [1][2]—was ordered directly by Russian president Vladimir Putin.[3][4] The Special Counsel's report, made public in April 2019, examined numerous contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian officials but concluded that there was insufficient evidence to bring any conspiracy or coordination charges against Trump or his associates.

The Internet Research Agency (IRA), based in Saint Petersburg, Russia and described as a troll farm, created thousands of social media accounts that purported to be Americans supporting radical political groups and planned or promoted events in support of Trump and against Clinton. They reached millions of social media users between 2013 and 2017. Fabricated articles and disinformation were spread from Russian government-controlled media, and promoted on social media. Additionally, computer hackers affiliated with the Russian military intelligence service (GRU) infiltrated information systems of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), and Clinton campaign officials, notably chairman John Podesta, and publicly released stolen files and emails through DCLeaks, Guccifer 2.0 and WikiLeaks during the election campaign. Several individuals connected to Russia contacted various Trump campaign associates, offering business opportunities to the Trump Organization. Russian government officials have denied involvement in any of the hacks or leaks.


https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/cyber/russian-interference-in-2016-u-s-elections

Details:
On July 13, 2018, a federal grand jury sitting in the District of Columbia returned an indictment against 12 Russian military intelligence officers for their alleged roles in interfering with the 2016 United States (U.S.) elections. The indictment charges 11 defendants, Boris Alekseyevich Antonov, Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin, Nikolay Yuryevich Kozachek, Aleksey Viktorovich Lukashev, Artem Andreyevich Malyshev, Sergey Aleksandrovich Morgachev, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Osadchuk, Aleksey Aleksandrovich Potemkin, Ivan Sergeyevich Yermakov, Pavel Vyacheslavovich Yershov, and Viktor Borisovich Netyksho, with a computer hacking conspiracy involving gaining unauthorized access into the computers of U.S. persons and entities involved in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, stealing documents from those computers, and staging releases of the stolen documents to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The indictment also charges these defendants with aggravated identity theft, false registration of a domain name, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Two defendants, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Osadchuk and Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev, are charged with a separate conspiracy to commit computer crimes, relating to hacking into the computers of U.S. persons and entities responsible for the administration of 2016 U.S. elections, such as state boards of elections, secretaries of state, and U.S. companies that supplied software and other technology related to the administration of U.S. elections. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C. issued a federal arrest warrant for each of these defendants upon the grand jury’s return of the indictment.



THESE INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS, AN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT RISK, AND AN ESCAPE RISK


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-senate/senate-committee-concludes-russia-used-manafort-wikileaks-to-boost-trump-in-2016-idUSKCN25E1US

2020 CANDIDATE SLIDESHOWS
AUGUST 18, 20208:58 AMUPDATED 3 YEARS AGO
Senate committee concludes Russia used Manafort, WikiLeaks to boost Trump in 2016
By Mark Hosenball

4 MIN READ


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia used Republican political operative Paul Manafort and the WikiLeaks website to try to help now-U.S. President Donald Trump win the 2016 election, a Republican-led Senate committee said in its final review of the matter on Tuesday.

The report found President Vladimir Putin personally directed the Russian efforts to hack computer networks and accounts affiliated with the Democratic Party and leak information damaging to Clinton.