Putin Ordered ‘Influence Campaign’ Aimed at U.S. Election, Report Says (Published 2017)

President-elect Donald J. Trump left a meeting on Friday at One World Trade Center in New York.Credit...Sam Hodgson for The New York Times WASHINGTON — American intelligence officials have concluded that the president of Russia, Vladimir V. Putin, personally “ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election,” and turned from seeking to “denigrate” Hillary Clinton to de

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“We did not make an assessment of the impact that Russian activities had on the outcome of the 2016 election,” the report concluded, saying it was beyond its responsibility to analyze American “political processes” or public opinion.／the G.R.U., created〜 Guccifer 2.0,〜DCLeaks.com／