Senate report affirms intelligence community's conclusion that Russia preferred Trump to Clinton

[Russia favored Trump in 2016, Senate panel says, breaking with House GOP]

. The evidence presented by the FBI, the CIA and the National Security Agency supported their collective conclusion that the Russian government had "developed a clear preference for Trump" over his opponent in the race, Hillary Clinton. When the agencies disagreed, the senate panel found these differences "reasonable".

The intelligence community determined that the Kremlin had the intention of "denigrating" and "harming" Clinton, and "undermining public confidence in the American democratic process." Asset. The report of the committee supports this conclusion. It also supports the agencies' conclusions on Russia's tactics, which include cyberattacks and intelligence gathering "against the primary campaigns, think tanks and US lobby groups that they see as likely to shape the future US policies. "

The committee found that the assessment of Russia's propaganda operation was outdated, relying on data from 2012 – what the Senate group termed a "gap". Senators have also criticized the intelligence community's report for failing to provide a more complete historical context. Russia's operation in a better perspective in 2016.

But the panel pointed out that intelligence analysts were under no political pressure to reach conclusions and that their conclusions had been accurate and accurate, noting that a much larger Russian effort to manipulate social media can sow discord and interfere in the 2016 elections and US society "than officials who drafted the assessment conducted at the the moment they wrote it.

This report is the second of several that are expected of the committee as it ends its investigation into the activities of Russia in the 2016 elections. The group has already published similar conclusions and recommendations to ensure better electoral security and should also publish an assessment of the Obama administration's this Russian and another document examining the role played by social media in the Russian influence operations.

A final report should include the following questions: there was collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. The president vehemently denied these allegations.

The committee's report states that lawmakers also intend to answer questions on an explosive "record" of allegations regarding Trump's alleged ties to Russia. The document, which was compiled by a former British spy, did not "inform the Senate committee" of the intelligence community's assessment "