WATCH: Jared Kushner shares his view that investigations of Russian election influence in the past 2 years have had much harsher impact on democracy 'than a couple Facebook ads' from the Russians.
Trump's campaign "expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts," Mueller's report said.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.
Social media trolls paid by the Russia-linked Internet Research Agency began targeting the U.S. in 2014, according to the report, outlining how the Russians attempted to sow political discord by engaging with divisive topics and organizing pro-Trump events. Trump campaign officials promoted"dozens of tweets, posts, and other content created by the IRA," the Mueller report notes.
"IRA employees monitored the reaction of the Trump Campaign and, later, Trump Administration officials to their tweets," according to the report.
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