US intelligence agencies have assessed with “high confidence” that Russia’s government was behind the hack, and private security companies have identified two Russian teams of hackers that were inside DNC computers.
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And we know that Donald Trump has shown a very troubling willingness to back up Putin, to support Putin, whether it’s saying that North Atlantic Treaty Organisation wouldn’t come to the rescue of allies if they were invaded, talking about removing sanctions from Russian officials after they were imposed by the United States and Europe together, because of Russia’s aggressiveness in Crimea and Ukraine, his praise for Putin which is I think quite remarkable.
Research by a USA journalist investigating Russian propaganda has indicated that the Kremlin has been promoting the presidential prospects of GOP nominee Donald Trump online by using paid social media accounts posing as American conservatives.
“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing”, Trump said, referring to the more than 30,000 purportedly personal emails that Clinton deleted from a private email server that she was using when she was secretary of state.
Trump’s seeming encouragement of Russian hacking, Clinton told Fox, “raises issues about Russian influence in our election”.
As U.S. secretary of state, Clinton in 2009 presented her Russian counterpart with a red button meant to symbolize a “reset” in relations between the two countries, one of U.S. President Barack Obama’s initiatives.
The U.S. media has long connected Trump’s campaign to the Kremlin, pointing to his pro-Putin advisers and Russian business ties.
Clinton is accused of breaching federal law by exchanging more than 30,000 work-related emails through a personal server during her tenure as the USA secretary of state. “I don’t know anything about him other than he will respect me”, Trump told a conference before attacking his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton, suggesting that Russian Federation should look for her 30,000 missing emails. “I think he’s going to respect your president if I’m elected and I think he’ll like me”.
Trump also repeated he has never met Putin, even though he has said in previous years that he has a “relationship” with the Russian president.
Russian Federation is playing an increasingly prominent role in the election between Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
TRUMP: I do have a relationship, and I can tell you that he’s very interested in what we’re doing here today. “I think it would be great to get along with him”, Trump said.
After talking to experts, I have the sense that there’s considerable confidence that Russian Federation is the culprit, but more doubt about whether Putin gave the order and about whether the aim was to benefit Trump or simply to create havoc.
“I’ve never met Putin”.
House speaker Paul Ryan quickly released a statement to distance himself from Mr Trump’s comments, and former CIA Director Leon Panetta said Mr Trump’s remarks called into question his loyalty to the US.
“I have no relationship with him other than he called me a genius”. I didn’t- go hiking with him.
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TRUMP: It’s ― look, you know, I have my own ideas.
