A former law enforcement official recently revealed that as the Presidential debate was going on, U.S. intel was investigating evidence of Russian hackers breaching accounts and spreading fake news. It was found that the accounts of GOP members were hacked, as well as the accounts of the Democratic Party. Yet the GOP material was not leaked, in contrast to the overwhelming releases of the Democratic members. In addition, these hackers helped in spreading fake news about Hillary Clinton, proving that these Russian hackers helped in swaying the vote in favor of Donald Trump. But the Intelligence community decided against speaking out, because they had no definitive conclusion in Russia's intentions. Yet many of these hackers were on the U.S. intel's radar before.
This is the first election that was hacked, at least the first to be proven. It is understandable that the FBI would not want to call out Russia on this, for fear of an incorrect claim. Yet now that it has been proven, they haven't done anything to assess the situation. This also shows just how much of an election can be swayed in the favor of one candidate. Trump is getting too close to Russia and vice versa.
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This is frightening to hear. However, it gives me a glimmer of hope to know that MAYBE we won't have to have Donald Trump as our president..
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