2016 election
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What the U.S. Should Have Learned From the 2016 Election
Years after revelations regarding Russian interference in 2016 started to come to light, the tiresome odes to “Soviet Russian tradecraft” ought to leave us wondering what’s changed.
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Julian Assange Lawyers To Argue Trump’s New Intel Chief, Richard Grenell, Sought Shady Extradition Deal
Defence lawyers for Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder facing possible extradition to the U.S. from the UK on 18 charges related to his leaks of U.S. military and security secrets, plan to argue they have evidence new acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell abused his power to interfere in the case on behalf of…
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President Trump Jokes With Smiling Vladimir Putin About Meddling In U.S. Elections
President Donald Trump had a good laugh with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. Both leaders hammed it up for the cameras as Trump said to Putin, “Don’t meddle in the election, please. Don’t meddle in the election.” Trump pointed meekly toward Putin while he spoke, clearly making…
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U.S. Justice Department Indicts 12 Russian Military Officers Accused Of 2016 Election Meddling
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday announced new charges against 12 Russian military officers accused of interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election by hacking into computers and stealing confidential documents, which they later allegedly disseminated to the public.