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Happy New Year From Your Friend Vladimir Putin - Esquire
He's in better shape than a 400-pound basement hacker.
Well, this has been an interesting Friday.
We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election, Russia's goals were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency…We further assess Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump…Moscow's approach evolved over the course of the campaign based on Russia's understanding of the electoral prospects of the two main candidates. When it appeared to Moscow that Secretary Clinton was likely to win the election, the Russian influence campaign began to focus more on undermining her future presidency.
There's no supporting evidence in the report that was released on Friday. That last part is interesting, if predictable. I've long believed that, Tsarist, Communist, or autocratic, Russia behaves pretty much the way it has behaved since Peter The Great. But this is a whole different bit of business. It's time for progressives to stop quibbling. The president-elect has to condemn this, openly and categorically. - Esquire
Well, this has been an interesting Friday.
We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election, Russia's goals were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency…We further assess Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump…Moscow's approach evolved over the course of the campaign based on Russia's understanding of the electoral prospects of the two main candidates. When it appeared to Moscow that Secretary Clinton was likely to win the election, the Russian influence campaign began to focus more on undermining her future presidency.
There's no supporting evidence in the report that was released on Friday. That last part is interesting, if predictable. I've long believed that, Tsarist, Communist, or autocratic, Russia behaves pretty much the way it has behaved since Peter The Great. But this is a whole different bit of business. It's time for progressives to stop quibbling. The president-elect has to condemn this, openly and categorically. - Esquire
It most certainly has. And all we know is the declassified version. The GOP must be shitting bricks tonight. History will forever hold them to their actions moving forward.
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