After Russia helped Trump win the presidency, it set its sights on kneecapping Robert Mueller
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Lookie here—turns out Donald Trump not only got a boost from the Kremlin to get into office, but he also got some help staying there. Just as Trump has launched an all-out disinformation assault on special counsel Robert Mueller, so too did Russia followinAfter Russia helped Trump win the presidency, it set its sights on kneecapping Robert Mueller
Lookie here—turns out Donald Trump not only got a boost from the Kremlin to get into office, but he also got some help staying there. Just as Trump has launched an all-out disinformation assault on special counsel Robert Mueller, so too did Russia following the election. Recently released in-depth reports on Russia's 2016 disinformation campaign on social media also found that Russia aimed the tools it developed during the election at Mueller after he was appointed to lead the Russia probe. The Washington Post writes: The Russian operatives unloaded on Mueller through fake accounts on Facebook, Twitter and beyond, falsely claiming that the former FBI director was corrupt and that the allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election were crackpot conspiracies. One post on Instagram — which emerged as an especially potent weapon in the Russian social media arsenal — claimed that Mueller had worked in the past with “radical Islamic groups.” The reports, prepared for the Senate Intelligence Committee, highlight both how broad and sweeping the Russian campaign was and how sophisticated and difficult to squelch Russia’s presence has proven to be. Not only did Russian operatives use Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram, but they also utilized less-noted platforms such as PayPal, Tumblr, Medium, Vine, Reddit, and others. On top of that, operatives' use of the various platforms was so fluid that it was particularly difficult to identify and rectify problems in any sort of meaningful way. It's like the whack-a-mole of social media: As soon as you stamp it out one place, it pops up somewhere else. But again, Mueller is just one more instance of Russia’s interests and messaging aligning with those of Trump and his associates. There sure is a lot of coincidence—everywhere, all the time. Read more