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June 26, 2017

WaPo: Obama Knew Putin Was Directly Involved in Election Interference
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The Washington Post is reporting that President Obama received a highly
classified "eyes only" letter in August detailing that Russian President
Vladimir Putin was directly involved in a cyber campaign with the
objective of defeating Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and helping
elect her opponent, now President Donald Trump. The Post investigation
is based on interviews with current and former unnamed government
officials. The report also chronicles President Obama's attempts to
punish Russia for the alleged interference in the U.S. election,
including by imposing sanctions, expelling 35 Russian diplomats, closing
two Russian compounds in the U.S., and a covert measure to plant
cyberweapons in Russia's infrastructure.


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