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Russia is ramping up its election interference efforts as Election Day nears, working specifically to help Donald Trump defeat Kamala Harris, using more sophisticated techniques including unwitting and even "witting" Americans – and trying to sway down-ballot elections as well, U.S. intelligence officials said Friday...The briefing marked one of the first times, if not the first, that U.S. intelligence officials have explicitly said Russian President Vladimir Putin was trying to get Trump elected in the current election cycle after allegedly backing him in 2016 and 2020...On Thursday, federal prosecutors charged a Russian-American former adviser to Trump’s 2016 campaign with money laundering and working for a sanctioned Russian state television network...Tenet Media’s broadcast on platforms such as YouTube, included appearances by Lara Trump, Trump's daughter-in-law who is now co-chair of the Republican National Committee; Republican Rep. Brian Mast of Florida; longtime Trump lawyer Harmeet Dhillon; and former Trump national security aide Kash Patel. Other notable Trump-supporting guests who have appeared on Tenet Media include Republican U.S. Senate nominee Kari Lake of Arizona, former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, who recently endorsed Trump.[1]
As described in Wednesday's court filings, one of the primary goals of both the Doppelganger network and the effort by the RT employees was to advance the candidacy of Donald Trump, who is believed by Russia to be more supportive of its interests. President Donald Trump and Putin have both publicly praised one another....However, in announcing the cases, the Justice Department was careful not to specifically identify Trump or the Republican Party by name as the intended beneficiaries of Russia's efforts. They have not accused the former president or his campaign of having any knowledge or involvement in the disinformation plot.[2]
Disinformation experts said the U.S. government was seeking, ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, and former president Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, to crack down on Kremlin efforts to interfere before it could have the deep impact that Russian operatives did in 2016....U.S. intelligence officials have said a network of Russian trolls in 2016 spread disinformation boosting the presidential campaign of Trump and seeking to sabotage Hillary Clinton’s candidacy, including by disseminating stories using material hacked from the Clinton campaign.[3]
Russia's activities "are more sophisticated than in prior election cycles," said a senior official with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in a briefing with reporters, noting the use of "authentic U.S. voices" to "launder" Russian government propaganda and spread socially divisive narratives through major social media, as well as on sham websites that pose as legitimate American media organizations....Moscow is targeting U.S. swing states in particular, the official said, and using artificial intelligence to more quickly and convincingly create fake content to shape the outcome in favor of former president Donald Trump.[4]
Although the Justice Departments chooses to ignore the direct connection between Russia, the GOP, and Trump, it is entirely reasonable for Wikipedia to mention this coverage. Viriditas (talk) 22:07, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
