Russia hacked republican state campaigns but not trumps fbi head
I think there may be some misinformation here.
According to the FBI and other intelligence agencies, Russian hackers did target Republican state campaigns, but not specifically Donald Trump's campaign. Here's what we know:
- In 2016, Russian hackers, believed to be sponsored by the Russian government, targeted the email accounts of several Republican state campaigns, including those in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. These campaigns were targeted as part of a broader effort to influence the 2016 presidential election.
- The FBI and other intelligence agencies have concluded that the Russian government's efforts to influence the election were aimed at helping Donald Trump win the presidency, but there is no evidence to suggest that Trump's campaign was directly hacked or compromised.
- In July 2018, the Department of Justice indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers for their role in hacking the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Hillary Clinton campaign. The indictment did not mention Trump's campaign specifically, but it did detail the Russian hackers' efforts to hack into the email accounts of Republican state campaigns.
- In 2019, the Senate Intelligence Committee released a report concluding that Russian hackers had targeted Republican state campaigns, but not Trump's campaign. The report found that the Russian hackers had accessed the email accounts of several Republican campaigns, but there was no evidence to suggest that they had accessed Trump's campaign emails or servers.
It's worth noting that the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, did not find any evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. The investigation did, however, conclude that the Russian government had engaged in a sustained effort to influence the election and that the Trump campaign had been aware of and potentially benefited from Russian efforts.
So, to summarize: Russian hackers did target Republican state campaigns, but not specifically Donald Trump's campaign. The FBI and other intelligence agencies have concluded that the Russian government's efforts were aimed at influencing the election and helping Trump win, but there is no evidence to suggest that Trump's campaign was directly hacked or compromised.