Russia Penetrated Trump’s Inner Circle In A Bid To Get Him Re-Elected And Sew Election Mistrust.
Russia tried to influence the 2020 elections, to no avail, in an effort to keep Trump in the White House and sour the public on the integrity of the election process. (CNN)
“Russia’s objectives were not limited to hurting Biden’s candidacy and aiding Trump’s reelection bid, the report says, as US intelligence found that Moscow also sought to undermine “public confidence in the electoral process and exacerbate sociopolitical divisions in the US.”
Overall, the report released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence provides the most comprehensive assessment of foreign threats to the 2020 elections to date, detailing extensive influence operations by US adversaries, including Russia and Iran, that sought to undermine confidence in the democratic process, in addition to targeting specific presidential candidates.”
Election integrity does not start with restricting the number of Americans that can vote. Truly free and fair elections begin ensuring that as many Americans can vote as possible and then hinges on our ability to limit the power of outside state influencers to turn the American public against each other for their own national security interests. American elections have a long way to go before either element is met because so many powerful players have vested interests in defeating election reform and batting away enhanced election security measures. President Biden has his work cut out for him.
