{"id":25439,"date":"2016-12-15T09:50:09","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T17:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=25439"},"modified":"2016-12-15T09:50:09","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T17:50:09","slug":"putin-directed-it-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/15\/putin-directed-it-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin Directed it Himself"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is no longer any question that Russia interfered in our election to sway the victory to Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten.  There is no longer any doubt that Republican traitors colluded in that crime by covering it up until after the election.  We already knew these things.  But what is new is this.  We only assumed Vladimir Putin (R-RU) was involved, but now we know it with high confidence.  Putin directed it himself.<\/font><\/p>\n

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U.S. intelligence officials say they believe Russian President Vladimir Putin was directly involved in efforts to disrupt the 2016 U.S. presidential election, NBC News reported Wednesday. <\/p>\n

NBC\u2019s bombshell story comes days after The Washington Post reported that the Central Intelligence Agency<\/a> believes Russia sought to influence the election and help secure President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s victory. Those efforts reportedly included hacking the emails of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, and providing them to WikiLeaks. The New York Times<\/a>, in an extensive report on the hacks, offered details on how the attacks were carried out and reported that Democratic House candidates were also targeted.<\/p>\n

According to NBC, officials believe the meddling went all the way to the very top of Russia\u2019s government…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

From <Huffington Post<\/a>><\/font><\/p>\n

Chris Hayes<\/a> discussed the situation with Former CIA operations officer, Evan McMullin.<\/font><\/p>\n