Trump briefly acknowledges that Russia aided his election -- and falsely says he didn’t help the effort
President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands ahead of a meeting in Helsinki on July 16, 2018. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow May 30 at 9:24 AM If former special counsel Robert S.
That phrase — “I had nothing to do with Russia helping me to get elected” — is therefore significant. So significant, in fact, that when Trump spoke to reporters a few minutes later, he denied that Russia had, in fact, boosted his campaign. Trump himself engaged with this effort, though there’s no indication he knew that it was powered by Russian actors. At one point, Mueller’s report details how Trump’s campaign Facebook page praised a real-life event in Miami orchestrated by Russia’s team.
That, by itself, suggests that Trump did in fact aid Russia’s efforts to interfere in the election on his behalf. Granted, he may not have known at the time that the stolen material was a function of Russian activity, but he should have. As early as mid-June, The Post was reporting that Russian hackers had accessed the Democratic National Committee’s network, material that was published by WikiLeaks in late July.
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