Trying to use the same playbook the Democrats have been accused of using in 2016, the Biden-Harris administration is expected to accuse Russia of meddling in the presidential campaign.
CNN quoted “sources familiar with the matter” who said the Biden-Harris administration would accuse RT, the Russian state media network, of using propaganda to influence the outcome of the election, as well as the Social Design Agency.
In July 2018, a federal grand jury indicted 12 Russian military intelligence officers for their alleged roles in interfering with the 2016 United States elections. They were involved in a “computer hacking conspiracy involving gaining unauthorized access into the computers of U.S. persons and entities involved in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, stealing documents from those computers, and staging releases of the stolen documents to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,” the FBI stated.
In May 2023, Special Counsel John Durham issued his report on the hoax allegedly involving members of the Clinton campaign accusing the Trump campaign of colluding with Russia. Durham’s report “accused FBI leaders of displaying a ‘serious lack of analytical rigor’ and relying significantly on ‘investigative leads provided or funded (directly or indirectly) by Trump’s political opponents,’ referring to staffers and allies of Hillary Clinton, then the Democratic presidential nominee, whose campaign funded the Steele dossier through its law firm Perkins Coie,” National Review noted.
Meanwhile, Iran has been targeting the American electorate. On August 19, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a statement accusing Iran of hacking into the 2024 Trump campaign. They stated:
We have observed increasingly aggressive Iranian activity during this election cycle, specifically involving influence operations targeting the American public and cyber operations targeting presidential campaigns. This includes the recently reported activities to compromise former President Trump’s campaign, which the IC attributes to Iran.
In early August, a Pakistani national with what FBI Director Christopher Wray called “close ties to Iran” was arrested and charged with orchestrating a scheme to reportedly assassinate former President Trump as well as other government officials.
According to court documents, in April 2024, Asif Merchant, 46, who revealed he has a wife and children in both Iran and Pakistan, came to the U.S. after spending time in Iran. He contacted someone about his alleged scheme; that person, who became a confidential source (CS), then contacted the FBI. In early June in New York, Merchant met the CS and outlined his alleged plot to commit a series of assassinations in the U.S.
In late July, an official with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said during a press briefing that U.S. intelligence has “observed Tehran working to influence the presidential election” because they want to prevent being held accountable by the U.S.
Iran is meddling in U.S. elections by using “vast webs of online personas and propaganda mills to spread disinformation” on social media where they are conducting campaigns that reflect their desire that Trump loses, the official said.
Ryan Saavedra contributed to this article.
Iran Is Working To Ruin Trump’s Presidential Campaign: U.S. Intelligence Assessment
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Trying to use the same playbook the Democrats have been accused of using in 2016, the Biden-Harris administration is expected to accuse Russia of meddling in the presidential campaign.
CNN quoted “sources familiar with the matter” who said the Biden-Harris administration would accuse RT, the Russian state media network, of using propaganda to influence the outcome of the election, as well as the Social Design Agency.
In July 2018, a federal grand jury indicted 12 Russian military intelligence officers for their alleged roles in interfering with the 2016 United States elections. They were involved in a “computer hacking conspiracy involving gaining unauthorized access into the computers of U.S. persons and entities involved in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, stealing documents from those computers, and staging releases of the stolen documents to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,” the FBI stated.
In May 2023, Special Counsel John Durham issued his report on the hoax allegedly involving members of the Clinton campaign accusing the Trump campaign of colluding with Russia. Durham’s report “accused FBI leaders of displaying a ‘serious lack of analytical rigor’ and relying significantly on ‘investigative leads provided or funded (directly or indirectly) by Trump’s political opponents,’ referring to staffers and allies of Hillary Clinton, then the Democratic presidential nominee, whose campaign funded the Steele dossier through its law firm Perkins Coie,” National Review noted.
Meanwhile, Iran has been targeting the American electorate. On August 19, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a statement accusing Iran of hacking into the 2024 Trump campaign. They stated:
We have observed increasingly aggressive Iranian activity during this election cycle, specifically involving influence operations targeting the American public and cyber operations targeting presidential campaigns. This includes the recently reported activities to compromise former President Trump’s campaign, which the IC attributes to Iran.
In early August, a Pakistani national with what FBI Director Christopher Wray called “close ties to Iran” was arrested and charged with orchestrating a scheme to reportedly assassinate former President Trump as well as other government officials.
According to court documents, in April 2024, Asif Merchant, 46, who revealed he has a wife and children in both Iran and Pakistan, came to the U.S. after spending time in Iran. He contacted someone about his alleged scheme; that person, who became a confidential source (CS), then contacted the FBI. In early June in New York, Merchant met the CS and outlined his alleged plot to commit a series of assassinations in the U.S.
In late July, an official with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said during a press briefing that U.S. intelligence has “observed Tehran working to influence the presidential election” because they want to prevent being held accountable by the U.S.
Iran is meddling in U.S. elections by using “vast webs of online personas and propaganda mills to spread disinformation” on social media where they are conducting campaigns that reflect their desire that Trump loses, the official said.
Ryan Saavedra contributed to this article.
Iran Is Working To Ruin Trump’s Presidential Campaign: U.S. Intelligence Assessment
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